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Pelėdnagiai Eldership

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Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Pelėdnagių seniūnija
Pamėkliai village and the Labūnava Reservoir
Pamėkliai village and the Labūnava Reservoir
Location of Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Location of Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Kaunas County
Municipality Kėdainiai District Municipality
Administrative centrePelėdnagiai
Area
 • Total
141 km2 (54 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
3,780
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pelėdnagiai Eldership (Template:Lang-lt) is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the south eastern part of Kėdainiai District Municipality.

Eldership was created from the Pelėdnagiai selsovet in 1993.

Geography

The territory of Pelėdnagiai Eldership is located mostly in the Nevėžis Plain and the Nevėžis river valley. Relief is mostly flat, cultivated as agriculture lands. Forests cover about 40 % of the eldership.

  • Rivers: Nevėžis, Barupė, Urka, Mėkla, Lankesa, Ašarėna
  • Lakes and ponds: Labūnava Reservoir.
  • Forests: Labūnava Forest.
  • Protected areas: Barupė Hydrographical Sanctuary, Lankesa Botanical Sanctuary, Pelėdnagiai Botanical Sanctuary, Labūnava Forest Biosphere Polygon.

Places of interest

  • Catholic church of the Divine in Labūnava
  • Juciūnai cemetery chapel
  • Aukupėnai cemetery tomb-chapel
  • Labūnava manor tower
  • Gelnai wayside chapel
  • Ancient burial site in Nociūnai and former cemetery site in Pašiliai
  • Soviet mosaic the "Land Improvers" in Pelėdnagiai

Populated places

Following settlements are located in the Pelėdnagiai Eldership (as for the 2011 census):[1]

References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.