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 Show map of Kėdainiai District Municipality Lančiūnava Lančiūnava (Lithuania) Show map of Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°20′49″N 24°09′11″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Vilainiai Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	503
Time zone	UTC+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 known for cruel oppression of serfs.[3]

During the Soviet era Lančiūnava developed as a sovkhoz with an agriculture and technology school (opened in 1940).[4]

Demography

Images

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  Lančiūnava church
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  Lančiūnava vocational school (former agriculture school)
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  Lančiūnava entrance
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  Lančiūnava sacred stone with engraved flat-bottomed bowl

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