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
Location in Lithuania
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 know because of cruel oppression of serves.[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 vocational school (former agriculture school)
  • Lančiūnava entrance
  • 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). 2. Boston: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 452.
  4. "Lančiūnava". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 2. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1986. p. 474.


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