Užupė ('a place across the river', formerly pl, Użupie, russian: Ужупе) is a village in

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 ...

, in

Kaunas County Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties ( Lithuanian: singular ''apskritis'', plural ''apskritys''), all named after their capitals. The counties are ...

, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 95 people. It is located 4 km from Surviliškis, by the

Liaudė The Liaudė is a river in central Lithuania, flowing through Kėdainiai district municipality, Radviliškis district municipality and Panevėžys district municipality. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is the right tributary of the Nevė� ...

river, inside the

Krekenava Regional Park Krekenava Regional Park ( lt, Krekenavos regioninis parkas) is regional park in central Lithuania, mostly in the southern part of Panevėžys District Municipality (a small part in Kėdainiai District Municipality). It was established in 1992 and ...

. There are 3 monumental wooden crosses in Užupė.

History

At the 18th century Užupė was a royal village. 9 families lived in Užupė in 1738. During the Soviet era, Užupė was a subsidiary settlement of ''Švyturys'' ''

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...

''. At the beginning of the 21st century an ancient ritual of sprinkling each other with water before the

Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

in a hope of better harvest was still observed in Užupė.

Demography

References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub