Sirutiškis

Sirutiškis (formerly Polish: Syrutyszki) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 370 people.[1] It is located 1 km from the Kėdainiai city northern limit (Babėnai), on the right bank of the Nevėžis river, nearby its tributary Baltupis mouth. The regional road Kėdainiai-Krekenava-Panevėžys runs through the village.

Sirutiškis
Village
Sirutiškis Location in Lithuania Sirutiškis Sirutiškis (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°21′11″N 23°58′59″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Surviliškis Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	370
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

There are a manor palace with a park, library, gravel pit in Sirutiškis.[2]

History

The name Sirutiškis comes from Szymon Syruć, who was a kasztelan of Vitebsk and around 1760 had the Sirutiškis manor as an own property. At the 19th century, the manor was a property of the Komarowski family.[3]

Beržytė village was merged with Sirutiškis in 1968.

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1923 265 —     1959 191 −0.91% 1970 372 +6.25% 1979 529 +3.99%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1987 519 −0.24% 1989 413 −10.79% 2001 397 −0.33% 2011 370 −0.70%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

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  Former manor property in Sirutiškis
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  Kutiškiai ancient cemetery on the edge of Sirutiškis
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  Sirutiškis manor

References

1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
2. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 11. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 4.
3. "Syrutyszki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 11. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1890. p. 750.