Pavandenė ( Samogitian: ''Pavondenė'') is a town in

Telšiai County Telšiai County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania, counties in Lithuania. It is in the west of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Telšiai. There are Lithuanians (98.7%), Latvians (0.1%), Russians (0.9%), and others (0.3%) ...

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. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 317 people.

History

The settlement dates back to the 14th century. It is known from 1596 that there was a manor in Pavandenė. The owner of the manor, Jonas Burba Gervydas, shared his possession between his five sons, the village itself being the property of two - Stanislovas and Mykolas. In 1773, the settlement went to Bouffal. Later, the settlement was owned by Danilevičiai and Sakeliai. During the

uprising of 1831 The November Uprising (1830–31) (), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 ...

, the insurgents of Pavandenė formed a military unit.Pavandenė.

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, T. XVII (On-Peri). - Vilnius: Institute for Science and Encyclopedia Publishing, 2010

References

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