Ažytėnai

Ažytėnai
Village
Ažytėnai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Ažytėnai
Ažytėnai
Location in Lithuania
Ažytėnai is located in Lithuania
Ažytėnai
Ažytėnai
Ažytėnai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°27′40″N 23°37′19″E / 55.46111°N 23.62194°E / 55.46111; 23.62194
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipKrakės Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
239
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ažytėnai (formerly Polish: Ożytany,[1] Russian: Ожетаны, Ожитаны) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 239 people.[2] It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Krakės, by the Ažytė river and its tributary Ažytėlė. There are library, school, medicine station, agriculture cooperative.

Ažytėnai is famous for being a living place of Lithuanian writer, agronomist Mikalojus Katkus (1852–1944). His house now is a memorial museum.

History

On 1 April 1863 a big battle of the January Uprising occurred between Ažytėnai and Lenčiai villages. About 600 insurgents, led by Bolesław Kajetan Kolyszko, Bolesław Roman Dłuski and K. Ciszkewicz had confronted Russian imperial army. In 1910 the first school was opened in Ažytėnai.

During the Soviet era, Ažytėnai was a kolkhoz center and between 1950 and 1963 a selsovet center.[3]

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1859370—    
1902450+0.46%
1923312−1.73%
1959265−0.45%
1970236−1.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979289+2.28%
1984253−2.63%
1989322+4.94%
2001314−0.21%
2011239−2.69%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

  • Mikalojus Katkus house
    Mikalojus Katkus house
  • A barn in the Mikalojus Katkus homestead
    A barn in the Mikalojus Katkus homestead
  • Traditional house in Ažytėnai
    Traditional house in Ažytėnai
  • Village cross
    Village cross

References

  1. ^ "Ożytany". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 798.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Ažytėnai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 2. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. 2002. p. 399.


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