Lažai

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania

Lažai

Village

Lažai

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Lažai

Lažai (Lithuania)

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Coordinates: 55°28′52″N 23°58′19″E﻿ / ﻿55.48111°N 23.97194°E﻿ / 55.48111; 23.97194
Country|  Lithuania
County|  Kaunas County
Municipality| Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership| Surviliškis Eldership
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 58
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Lažai ('corvées', formerly Polish: Łoże,[1] Russian: Ложи, Ложе) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 58 people.[2] It is located 5 km from Surviliškis, by the river Liaudė, nearby Sosiai forest. There is a former school.

## Demography

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1902| 238| —
1923| 213| −0.53%
1959| 171| −0.61%
1970| 132| −2.33%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1979| 144| +0.97%
1989| 98| −3.78%
2001| 80| −1.68%
2011| 58| −3.16%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

## Images

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* A homestead by the road to Užupė

* An old Aukštaitian gryčia in Lažai

* A former school

## References

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1. ^ "Łoże". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 277.
2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.

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Surviliškis Eldership

Towns|

* Surviliškis

Villages|

* Bakainiai
* Bališkiai
* Berželė
* Čireliai
* Daškoniai
* Dembnė
* Gojus
* Jogniškiai
* Kalnaberžė
* Kaukalniai
* Kutiškiai
* Lažai
* Lomeikiškiai
* Mociūnai
* Močėnai
* Pakruostė
* Pakruostėlė
* Sirutiškis
* Spigučiai
* Sūriškiai
* Surviliškis
* Urbeliai
* Užupė
* Vaidatoniai
* Vitėnai
* Žirnenka

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