Vosbučiai

Vosbučiai
Village
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Coordinates: 55°21′50″N 23°38′31″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Krakės Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	8
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vosbučiai (formerly Russian: Возбуты) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 8 people.[1] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Pajieslys, on the right bank of the Šušvė river, by its tributary the Pečupė mouth. There are the Vosbučiai hillfort and the Vosbučiai outcrop (nature heritage object) in the village. The Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest begins west from the village. The Vocbučiai Botanical Zoological Sanctuary is located in Vosbučiai.

Vosbučiai is known since 1593. There was a folwark before the Soviet era.[2]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1902 57 —     1923 52 −0.44% 1959 63 +0.53% 1970 61 −0.29% 1979 32 −6.92%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1987 26 −2.56% 1989 17 −19.14% 2001 14 −1.60% 2011 8 −5.44%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

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  Former folwark building
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  Vosbučiai hillfort
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  Vosbučiai hillfort
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  Vosbučiai outcrop

References

1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
2. "Vosbučiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 604.