Ansainiai

Ansainiai (formerly Russian: Ганусевичи, Polish: Hanusewicze)[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 14 people.[2] It is located 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from Labūnava, on the shore of the Labūnava Reservoir. There is a memorial for exiled local inhabitants during the Soviet era.

Ansainiai
Village
Ansainiai Location in Lithuania Ansainiai Ansainiai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°11′31″N 23°55′30″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	14
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

In the beginning of the 20th century, Ansainiai (Hanusewicze) was an okolica, a property of the Butkevičiai, Dautartai, Gineikiai, Hanusaučiai, Ivanaičiai, Jagėlavičiai, Jusevičiai, Kšešanavičiai, Stecevičiai, Uginskiai, Vencevičiai families.[1]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1923 120 —     1959 71 −1.45% 1970 57 −1.98% 1979 21 −10.50%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1989 25 +1.76% 2001 24 −0.34% 2011 14 −5.25%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Ansainiai memorial

References

1. "Hanusewicze". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 552.
2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.