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Pėdžiai
Village
PėdžiaiLocation in LithuaniaShow map of Kėdainiai District MunicipalityPėdžiaiPėdžiai (Lithuania)Show map of Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°11′49″N 24°02′31″E / 55.19694°N 24.04194°E / 55.19694; 24.04194
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Population
• Total	80
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Pėdžiai (formerly Russian: Пядзи, Polish: Piadzie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 80 people. It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Nociūnai, by the Barupė river, between the roads "Jonava-Šeduva" (KK144) and A8. There is a cemetery and a pond.

History

Pėdžiai (as Pedins) has been mentioned the first time by Hermann von Wartberge in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order. Later, it have been mentioned in Die Littauischen Wegeberichte.

In the beginning of the 20th century Pedžiai was an okolica (a property of the Noreikiai, Abakevičiai, Paulavičiai, Rimavičiai, Jurevičiai families).

A part of Pėdžiai village was in Jonava District Municipality (Pėdžiai, Jonava).

Demography

Images

• Pėdžiai cemetery
• A pond in the village
• Pėdžiai surroundings

References

1. ^ "Piadzie". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 442.
2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
3. Vėlius, Norbertas (1996). Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai [Sources of Baltic religion and mythology] (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla. p. 421. ISBN 5-420-01487-4.

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