Lančiūnava

Lančiūnava (formerly Russian: Ланчуново, Polish: Łączynów, Łonczynów, Łanczanów, Łanczunowo)[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 503 people.[2] It is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Kėdainiai, by the A8 highway, surrounded by the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest. There is a school, a vocational school, a kinder garden, a library, a forestry, a former manor palace with a park, a Catholic church of St. Casimir (built in 1880).

Lančiūnava
Village
Lančiūnava is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Lančiūnava
Lančiūnava
Location in Lithuania
Lančiūnava is located in Lithuania
Lančiūnava
Lančiūnava
Lančiūnava (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°20′49″N 24°09′11″E
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipVilainiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total503
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

The Lančiūnava manor and village has been known since 1587. The manor was a property of the Kognowicki family of Italian descent. At the beginning of the 20th a nobleman Stanisław Kognowicki rebuilt the palace. The Kognowickis were known for cruel oppression of serfs.[3]

During the Soviet era Lančiūnava developed as a sovkhoz with an agriculture and technology school (opened in 1940).[4]

Demography
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1902163—    
1923172+0.26%
1959303+1.59%
1966526+8.20%
1970732+8.61%
1978937+3.13%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979514−45.14%
1985920+10.19%
1989918−0.05%
2001655−2.77%
2006635−0.62%
2011503−4.55%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images
  • Lančiūnava church
    Lančiūnava church
  • Lančiūnava vocational school (former agriculture school)
    Lančiūnava vocational school (former agriculture school)
  • Lančiūnava entrance
    Lančiūnava entrance
  • Lančiūnava sacred stone with engraved flat-bottomed bowl
    Lančiūnava sacred stone with engraved flat-bottomed bowl

References
  1. "Łanczanów". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 5. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1884. p. 583.
  2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. Kviklys, Bronius (1965). "Lančiūnava". Mūsų Lietuva (in Lithuanian). Vol. 2. Boston: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 452.
  4. "Lančiūnava". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 2. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1986. p. 474.


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