Pelėdnagiai

Pelėdnagiai is a small town in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town had a population of 1016 people. It is located 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 which means 'ham-fisted, dummy'.
Pelėdnagiai has been known since 1659. There was the Pelėdnagiai manor 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.

Notable people

Vytautas Koncevičius, one of the 13 January Events victims, lived in Pelėdnagiai before his death.