Labūnava

55°11′31″N 23°54′22″E / 55.19194°N 23.90611°E / 55.19194; 23.90611Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipPelėdnagiai EldershipPopulation • Total747Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Labūnava (formerly Russian: Лабуновъ, Лабуново, Polish: Łabunów)^[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, village residents numbered 747.^[2] It is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the Nevėžis river, by its tributary the Barupė. The Labūnava Reservoir on the Barupė is located next to the village. Labūnava has a kindergarten, a library, a school, a forestry, an agriculture cooperative, a Catholic church of the Divine, a cemetery, and some ruins of the former manor (two towers and a hunting lodge).

History

In the 14th century, Labūnava faced attacks from the Teutonic Knights. It was mentioned for the first time in 1364, in the chronicle of Hermann von Wartberge. The Labūnava manor has been known since the 16th century. Labūnava was burned in Napoleon's 1812 campaign.

Labūnava developed greatly in the Soviet era. It became a center of the "Eastern Dawn" kolkhoz. This kolkhoz was one of the leading ones in all Lithuanian SSR. Labūnava settlement received an award at the USSR People's Achievements' Exposition in 1978.^[3]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1867 60 —     1902 65 +0.23% 1923 175 +4.83% 1959 36 −4.30% 1970 193 +16.49% 1979 734 +16.00%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1985 847 +2.42% 1989 882 +1.02% 2001 939 +0.52% 2006 915 −0.52% 2011 747 −3.98%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Notable people

• Etela Karpickienė (born in 1966), economist, Seimas member (2006–2008).
• Vaclovas Daujotas-Labunauskis, 16th-17th century Samogitian poet.
• Danas Sodaitis (born in 1989), handicapped athlete, European vice-champion.

Images

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  Labūnava Manor tower
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  Barupė street
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  Labūnava Church
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  Vytautas monument in the Labūnava cemetery

References