Angiriai
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Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania
Angiriai | |
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Village | |
Angiriai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality Angiriai Angiriai Location in Lithuania Show map of Kėdainiai District Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 55°16′59′′N 23°45′00′′E / 55.28306°N 23.75000°E / 55.28306; 23.75000 | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| County | Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Josvainiai Eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 153 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Angiriai or Angeriai (meaning 'a place on woods', formerly Russian: Онгиры, Polish: Ongiry) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 153 people.[1] It is located 8 kilometres (5 mi) from Josvainiai, on the left bank of the Šušvė river, by the dam of the Angiriai Reservoir, near the Josvainiai Forest.
History
[edit ]An ancient stone axe has been found in Angiriai.[2] At the beginning of the 20th century there was Angiriai manor and okolica .[3]
Demography
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Images
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A blockhouse and memorial stone for the villages of Angiriai surroundings
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A roofed pole with the image of St. Mary near Angiriai
References
[edit ]- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Angiriai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. pp. 65–66.
- ^ "Ongiry". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 410.
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