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Pėdžiai

Coordinates: 55°11′49″N 24°02′31″E / 55.19694°N 24.04194°E / 55.19694; 24.04194
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Pėdžiai
Village
Pėdžiai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Pėdžiai
Pėdžiai
Location in Lithuania
Pėdžiai is located in Lithuania
Pėdžiai
Pėdžiai
Pėdžiai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°11′49″N 24°02′31″E / 55.19694°N 24.04194°E / 55.19694; 24.04194
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipPelėdnagiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total80
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pėdžiai (formerly Russian: Пядзи, Polish: Piadzie)[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 80 people.[2] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Nociūnai, by the Barupė river, between the roads "Jonava-Šeduva" (KK144) and A8. There is a cemetery and a pond.

History

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Pėdžiai (as Pedins) has been mentioned the first time by Hermann von Wartberge in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order. Later, it have been mentioned in Die Littauischen Wegeberichte.[3]

In the beginning of the 20th century Pedžiai was an okolica (a property of the Noreikiai, Abakevičiai, Paulavičiai, Rimavičiai, Jurevičiai families).[1]

A part of Pėdžiai village was in Jonava District Municipality (Pėdžiai, Jonava).

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1902372—    
1923279−1.36%
1959299+0.19%
1970226−2.51%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979167−3.31%
1989107−4.35%
2001106−0.08%
201180−2.77%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Piadzie". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 442.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Vėlius, Norbertas (1996). Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai [Sources of Baltic religion and mythology] (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla. p. 421. ISBN 5-420-01487-4.