Kėdainiai district municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...
, in
Kaunas County
Kaunas County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
Symbols
The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...
, in central
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 25 people. It is located from Skaistgiriai, by the
Aluona
The Aluona is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and Kaunas district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 29.7 kilometres and has a basin area of 123.3 km2. It is a right-bank tributary of the Nevėžis river. ...
river, surrounded by the
Pernarava-Šaravai Forest
The Pernarava-Šaravai Forest () is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located west off Josvainiai. Covering an area of , it consists of smaller forests: the Šaravai Forest, the Sviliai Forest, the Pernarava Forest, ...
. There are wooden Catholic church of Jesus Heart (built in 1933), burial place of the
January Uprising
The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last i ...
victims. The
Šaravai Oak Tree
Šaravai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 25 people. It is located from Skaistgiriai, Kėdainiai, Skaistgiriai, by ...
(a nature monument) is located nearby Šaravai village.
History
There was the Šaravai manor once. During the January Uprising insurgents used to gather under the Šaravai Oak Tree where they attended to the Mass. Once they there surrounded by Tsarist soldiers and many of them were killed. Conversely to most of Kaunas-Kėdainiai region (known as the ''Liauda'') Šaravai was not
polonized
Polonization or Polonisation ()In Polish historiography, particularly pre-WWII (e.g., L. Wasilewski. As noted in Смалянчук А. Ф. (Smalyanchuk 2001) Паміж краёвасцю і нацыянальнай ідэяй. Польскі ...
at the end of the 19th century.
Demography
Images
Šaravų bažnyčia.JPG, Šaravai church
Šaravų bažnyčia, iš galo.JPG, Šaravai church and graveyard
Šaravai002.JPG, Pernarava-Šaravai Forest around