Gudžiūnai Eldership () is a Lithuanian
eldership, located in the northern part of
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...
.
Eldership was created from the Gudžiūnai ''selsovet'' in 1993.
Geography
All the territory is in the
Central Lithuanian plain. There is the highest point (113 m) of the Kėdainiai District Municipality in Gudžiūnai Eldership.
* Rivers:
Dotnuvėlė
The Dotnuvėlė is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and Radviliškis district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 60.9 kilometres and has a basin area of 192.7 km2.
Its valley is 350–500 m wide. The curr ...
,
Liaudė,
Nykis
The Nykis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Liaudė. It originates in Balsiai forest and flows east, meeting the Liaudė in Paberžė village.
There are 3 ponds on t ...
;
* Lakes and ponds:
Mantviliškis pond
Mantviliškis is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It is located by the Dotnuvėlė river and Mantviliškis pond, from Dotnuva
Dotnuva (formerly , , ) is a small town with a 2003 population o ...
;
* Forests:
Gudžiūnai forest,
Sosiai forest;
* Protected areas:
Paberžė landscape sanctuary;
* Nature monuments: Nykis
elm tree
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus ''Ulmus'' in the family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North America and Eurasia, p ...
.
Populated places
Following settlements are located in the Gudžiūnai Eldership (as for 2011 census):
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*Towns: Gudžiūnai
*Villages: Alksnėnai · Antanava · Antušava · Balsiai · Danilava · Devynduoniai · Draustiniai · Gasčiūnai · Graužiai · Gudžiūnai · Jaunakaimis · Jokūbaičiai · Margininkai · Marimpolis · ]Miegėnai
Miegėnai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 341 people. It is located 9 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Nykis riv ...
· Mlodzinava · Paberžė · Padruskalnys · Pamiškės · Pasiekai · Pilėnai
Pilėnai (also ''Pillenen'' in German) was a hill fort in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Its location is unknown and is subject to academic debates, but it is well known in the history of Lithuania due to its heroic defense against the Teutonic O ...
· Senkaimis · Senkoniai · Terespolis · Trakupiai · Tremtiniai · Vikaičiai · Vypalai · Žilvičiai
*Hamlets: Alksnupiai
*Railway settlements: Gudžiūnai GS
References
{{Elderships of Kėdainiai District Municipality
Elderships in Kėdainiai District Municipality