Šaravai

Šaravai
Village
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Coordinates: 55°11′31″N 23°42′00″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Josvainiai Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	25
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Šaravai (formerly Russian: Шаравы, Polish: Szarawy)[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 25 people.[2] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Skaistgiriai, by the Aluona river, surrounded by the Pernarava-Šaravai Forest. There are wooden Catholic church of Jesus Heart (built in 1933), burial place of the January Uprising victims. The Šaravai Oak Tree (a nature monument) is located nearby Šaravai village.

History

There was the Šaravai manor once. During the January Uprising insurgents used to gather under the Šaravai Oak Tree where they attended to the Mass. Once they there surrounded by Tsarist soldiers and many of them were killed. Conversely to most of Kaunas-Kėdainiai region (known as the Liauda) Šaravai was not polonized at the end of the 19th century.[3]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1902 255 —     1923 163 −2.11% 1959 175 +0.20% 1970 111 −4.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 60 −6.61% 1989 28 −7.34% 2001 22 −1.99% 2011 25 +1.29%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

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  Šaravai church
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  Šaravai church and graveyard
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  Pernarava-Šaravai Forest around

References

1. "Szarawy". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 11. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1890. p. 794.
2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
3. Kviklys, Bronius (1965). "Šaravai". Mūsų Lietuva (in Lithuanian). Vol. 2. Boston: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 409.