Angiriai or Angeriai (meaning 'a place on woods', formerly russian: Онгиры, pl, Ongiry) is a village in
Kėdainiai district municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to ...
, in
Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
Symbols
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, in central
Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 153 people.
[ It is located from ]Josvainiai
Josvainiai (formerly pl, Jaswojnie, russian: link=no, Ясвойни, Ясвойне) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Šušvė River 10 km southwest from Kėdainiai. In the town there is a Ca ...
, on the left bank of the Šušvė river, by the dam of the Angiriai Reservoir, nearby the Josvainiai Forest.
History
An ancient stone axe
A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history, yet there is no academic consensus on what they were used for. It is made from stone, usually flint or c ...
has been found in Angiriai.[ At the beginning of the 20th century there was Angiriai manor and '' okolica''.][
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Demography
Images
Angiriai, daugiabutis ir akmuo.JPG, A blockhouse and memorial stone for the villages of Angiriai surroundings
Angiriai002.JPG, A roofed pole
Roofed pole or roofed pillar ( lt, stogastulpis, plural: ''stogastulpiai'', from ''stogas'' – 'roof' and ''stulpas'' – 'pole, pillar') is a traditional Lithuanian wooden shrine. They may have anywhere between one and three layers of stylized ro ...
with the image of St. Mary near Angiriai
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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