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 18 people. It is located from Ažytėnai village, by the
Ažytė
The Ažytė is a river of Raseiniai district municipality and Kėdainiai district municipality, central Lithuania. It is a right-bank tributary of the Šušvė
Šušvė () is a river in central Lithuania, a right (the longest) tributary of the Ne ...
river.
History
Lenčiai village is known since 1578. A big battle between 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 ...
resurgents and Tsarist army occurred here on 1 April 1863.
Demography
Notable people
* Mykolas Kuprevičius (1864–1932), Lithuanian publicist, entographer born in Lenčiai;
* Mikalojus Katkus (1852–1944), Lithuanian writer, agronomist, buried in the Lenčiai cemetery.