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Taučiūnai

Coordinates: 55°16′59″N 24°03′11″E / 55.28306°N 24.05306°E / 55.28306; 24.05306
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Taučiūnai
Village
Taučiūnai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Taučiūnai
Taučiūnai
Location in Lithuania
Taučiūnai is located in Lithuania
Taučiūnai
Taučiūnai
Taučiūnai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°16′59″N 24°03′11″E / 55.28306°N 24.05306°E / 55.28306; 24.05306
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipVilainiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total60
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Taučiūnai (formerly Russian: Тавчуны, Polish: Tauczuny, Tawczuny)[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 60 people.[2] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Aristava, close to the A8 highway, on the shore of the Juodkiškiai Reservoir. There is a monument for the first Lithuanian volunteer soldier Povilas Lukšys, who died near Taučiūnai in 1919.[3]

History

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Taučiūnai has been known since 1375. There was a manor till the mid-20th century.[4] The Taučiūnai folwark belonged to the Medekšos and the Vyšniauskai families.[1]

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1902109—    
1923166+2.02%
1959182+0.26%
1970192+0.49%
1979156−2.28%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1987137−1.61%
1989112−9.58%
200199−1.02%
201160−4.88%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011
Monument for Povilas Lukšys

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tauczuny". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 654.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Mockienė 2023.
  4. ^ "Taučiūnai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 277.

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