Pelėdnagiai Eldership ( lt, Pelėdnagių seniūnija) is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the south eastern part of

Kėdainiai District Municipality Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to th ...

. Eldership was created from the Pelėdnagiai ''

selsovet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

'' in 1993.

Geography

The territory of Pelėdnagiai Eldership is located mostly in the Nevėžis Plain and the Nevėžis river valley. Relief is mostly flat, cultivated as agriculture lands. Forests cover about 40 % of the eldership. * Rivers:

Nevėžis The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania.Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Žin ...

Urka The Urka is a river of Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Barupė. The Urka river starts in the Bitvanas Forest, in Kaunas District Municipality. It flows towards north western ...

Mėkla The Mėkla is a river of Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 27 kilometres and has a basin area of 93 km². It is a left tributary of the Barupė. The Mėkla river starts nearby Preišiogala, in Jonava District Municipality. It ...

, Lankesa,

Ašarėna The Ašarėna is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 6.4 kilometres and has a basin area of 8.8 km². It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. It starts in the Pašiliai Forest, from ...

* Lakes and ponds:

Labūnava Reservoir The Labūnava Reservoir is an artificial lake in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located south from Kėdainiai, next to Labūnava village. It was created in 1977, when a dam on the Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jo ...

. * Forests: Labūnava Forest. * Protected areas: Barupė Hydrographical Sanctuary, Lankesa Botanical Sanctuary,

Pelėdnagiai Botanical Sanctuary Pelėdnagiai (formerly russian: Пеладноги, pl, Pełednogi) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1016 people. It is located ...

, Labūnava Forest Biosphere Polygon.

Places of interest

*Catholic church of the Divine in Labūnava *Juciūnai cemetery chapel *Aukupėnai cemetery tomb-chapel *Labūnava manor tower *Gelnai wayside chapel *Ancient burial site in Nociūnai and former cemetery site in Pašiliai *Soviet mosaic the "Land Improvers" in Pelėdnagiai

Populated places

Following settlements are located in the Pelėdnagiai Eldership (as for the 2011 census): *Villages: Akmeniai · Ansainiai · Aukupėnai · Baldinka · Beinaičiai · Bučiūnai ·

Eiguliai Eiguliai is neighorhood in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. Eiguliai elderate encompass Eiguliai, Kleboniškis and part of Kalniečiai neighbourhoods. Elderate itself is located on the left bank of the Neris River. The distance from Eiguliai neighb ...

· Gelnai · Ivaniškiai · Jagminai · Juciūnai · Kačergiai · Kruopiai · Kudžioniai ·

Labūnava Labūnava (formerly russian: Лабуновъ, Лабуново, pl, Łabunów) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 747 people. It ...

· Liaudiškiai · Lineliai · Liogailiškiai ·

Medekšiai Medekšiai (formerly russian: Медекши, pl, Medeksze) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 184 people. It is located from K� ...

· Nartautai ·

Nociūnai Nociūnai (formerly russian: Нацуны, pl, Nacuny) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 304 people. It is located from Kėdaini ...

Pabarupys Pabarupys (formerly russian: Подборупе, pl, Podborupie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village was uninhabited. It is located from Labūnava, by ...

· Pacūnai · Pamėkliai · Paobelys · Pašiliai ·

Pėdžiai Pėdžiai (formerly russian: Пядзи, pl, Piadzie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 80 people. It is located from Nociūnai ...

Pelėdnagiai Pelėdnagiai (formerly russian: Пеладноги, pl, Pełednogi) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1016 people. It is located ...

· Puzaičiai · Saviečiai ·

Serbinai Serbinai (formerly russian: Сербины, pl, Serbiny) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 40 people. It is located from Labūna ...

· Servitgaliai · Sičioniai · Slikiai · Stašaičiai · Šilainėliai ·

Šilainiai Šilainiai is an elderate in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, built as a microdistrict in the 1980s. It is one of the largest elderates in the city, covering and housing over 70,000 people as of 2006. Eighth and Ninth Forts of the Kaunas Fortress ...

· Užkapiai · Vainiūnai · Zabieliškis · Žiogaičiai * Hamlets: Rimuoliai * Railway station settlements: Slikių GS * Former settlements: Činkiai

References

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