Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Pelėdnagiai Eldership () is a Lithuanian Elderships of Lithuania, eldership, located in the south eastern part of Kėdainiai District Municipality.
Eldership was created from the Pelėdnagiai ''selsovet'' in 1993.
Geography
The territory of Pel� ...
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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 80 people. It is located from
Nociūnai
Nociūnai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality of Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had 304 residents. It is located from Kėdainiai, by the Barupė river, next to the crossro ...
, by the
Barupė
The Barupė is a river in Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality of Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis.
The Barupė starts at Žinėnai ...
river, between the roads "
Jonava
Jonava () is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of .
It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas International Airport. ''Achema'', t ...
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Šeduva
Šeduva () is a town in the Radviliškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located east of Radviliškis.
Šeduva was an agricultural town dealing in cereals, flax and linseed, pigs and geese and horses, at the site of a royal estate and ...
" (KK144) and A8. It covers an area of approximately 0.184 km².
There is a cemetery to the south-west of the village, known as ''Pelėdnagių kapinės'' (also referred to as ''Pėdžių kaimo kapinės''), and a pond which is used by locals for fishing and swimming.
It is well known for its rural life, with some residents pursuing cattle farming, as it is well secluded from other towns or cities. Most people access the village through its neighbouring town
Nociūnai
Nociūnai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality of Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had 304 residents. It is located from Kėdainiai, by the Barupė river, next to the crossro ...
. In addition, the village hosts the heavy music festival "Suvirintojai", which attracts visitors from the surrounding region.
History
Pėdžiai (as ''Pedins'') has been mentioned the first time by
Hermann von Wartberge
Hermann von Wartberge (died ca. 1380) was a chronicler of the Livonian Order. Born in Westphalia, Wartberge was a Catholic priest and author of the valuable Latin chronicle ''Chronicon Livoniale'' covering the history of the Livonian Crusade from ...
in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order. Later, it have been mentioned in '' Die Littauischen Wegeberichte''.
In the beginning of the 20th century Pedžiai was an ''
okolica In Poland and Lithuania okolica szlachecka or akalica, bajorkaimis (in Lithuanian) is a kind of estate village (''neighbourhood of the nobility''), or a complex of several villages of the same first part of the name and different second part. In the ...
'' (a property of the Noreikiai, Abakevičiai, Paulavičiai, Rimavičiai, Jurevičiai families).
A part of Pėdžiai village was in Jonava District Municipality ( Pėdžiai, Jonava).
Demography
The village's population has been decreasing since 1975, with a large portion of the area's population being elderly individuals.
Images
Pėdžių kapinės.JPG, Pėdžiai cemetery
Pėdžių tvenkinys.JPG, A pond in the village
Laukai už Pėdžių.JPG, Pėdžiai surroundings