Žostautai, Kėdainiai

Žostautai or Zaštautai (formerly Russian: Заштовты, Polish: Zasztowty)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 53 people.[2] It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Pernarava, between the Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest and the Šušvė river. There is a farm.

Žostautai
Village
Žostautai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Žostautai
Žostautai
Location in Lithuania
Žostautai is located in Lithuania
Žostautai
Žostautai
Žostautai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°18′12″N 23°38′49″E
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipPernarava Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total53
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Žostautai has been known since 1596. There was Žostautai village and folwark at the end of the 19th century. During the Soviet era it was a subsidiary kolkhoz settlement.[3]

Demography
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
186699—    
1923228+1.47%
1959198−0.39%
1970173−1.22%
1979132−2.96%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1987112−2.03%
198997−6.94%
200181−1.49%
201153−4.15%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images
  • Žostautai from the west
    Žostautai from the west
  • Žostautai roofed pole (Žostautų stogastulpis)
    Žostautai roofed pole (Žostautų stogastulpis)
  • Western part of Žostautai nearby forest
    Western part of Žostautai nearby forest

References
  1. "Zasztowty". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 14. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1895. p. 456.
  2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. "Žostautai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 687.
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