Aukštdvaris

55°09′29″N 23°35′20″E / 55.15806°N 23.58889°E / 55.15806; 23.58889Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipPernarava EldershipPopulation • Total126Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Aukštdvaris ('high manor', formerly Russian: Высокий Двор, Polish: Wysoki Dwór) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 126 people.^[1] It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Čekiškė, on the watershed of the Dubysa, Nevėžis and Neman rivers.

History

Bracelets of the 3rd-4th centuries has been found nearby Aukštdvaris. On 17 March, 1863 there was a big battle between the January Uprising insurgents and Tsarist army. There was the Aukštdvaris manor. It belonged to the Jelenski family, then since 1805 to the Belozior, and then to the Podbereski. In 1877 a wheel and cart making factory was opened in the manor.^[2]

During the Soviet era it was a subsidiary settlement of the "Oak" kolkhoz. ^[3]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1923 182 —     1959 196 +0.21% 1970 182 −0.67% 1979 191 +0.54%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1984 148 −4.97% 1989 145 −0.41% 2001 158 +0.72% 2011 126 −2.24%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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