Užupė

Užupė is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 95 people. It is located 4 km from Surviliškis, by the Liaudė river, inside the Krekenava Regional Park. There are 3 monumental wooden crosses in Užupė.

History

In the 18th century, Užupė was a royal village. 9 families lived in Užupė in 1738. During the Soviet era, Užupė was a subsidiary settlement of Švyturys ''kolkhoz''.
At the beginning of the 21st century, an ancient ritual of sprinkling each other with water before Easter in the hope of better harvest was still observed in Užupė.