Pelėdnagiai (formerly Russian: Пеладноги, Polish: Pełednogi) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1016 people. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the Nevėžis river, by its tributary the Ašarėna. Roads to Kėdainiai, Babtai, Jonava, Šeduva go next to Pelėdnagiai. There are kindergarten, library, culture house, cemetery. The Pelėdnagiai Botanical Sanctuary is located nearby.

History

The name derives from the Lithuanian word pelėdnagis (literally 'one with owl's claws') which means 'ham-fisted, dummy'.

Pelėdnagiai has been known since 1659. There was the Pelėdnagiai manor (some of its buildings are still present nearby the Nevėžis river) and watermill. During the Soviet era Pelėdnagiai largely developed as it was a central settlement of Kėdainiai forestry farm and an administration of the Directorate of Land Development and Building (Lithuanian: Melioracijos statybos valdyba, MSV).

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1859 395 —     1902 187 −1.72% 1923 192 +0.13% 1959 234 +0.55% 1970 505 +7.24%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 760 +4.65% 1986 975 +3.62% 1989 1,066 +3.02% 2001 1,039 −0.21% 2011 1,016 −0.22%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Notable people

• Vytautas Koncevičius (1941–1991), one of the 13 January Events victims, lived in Pelėdnagiai before his death.

Images

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  Toponym geosculpture
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  Eldership administration
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  Solar clock in Pelėdnagiai