The Labūnava Reservoir is an artificial lake 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 ...

, central Lithuania. It is located south from

Kėdainiai 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 ...

, next to

Labūnava Labūnava (formerly russian: Лабуновъ, Лабуново, pl, Łabunów) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 747 people. It ...

village. It was created in

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, when a dam on the

Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Ži ...

river had been built next to Labūnava village. In 2003, the dam was reconstructed and a small hydroelectric plant (of 160 kW) has been built. Shores of the reservoir are curvy, often grown by reed beds. The reservoir mostly is surrounded by agriculture lands, but a small section of the

Labūnava Forest The Labūnava Forest ( lt, Labūnavos miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located south east from Labūnava. It covers an area of . It consists of smaller forests: the Labūnava Forest (proper), the Kruop ...

is located nearby. The water is used for irrigation.

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Lakes of Kėdainiai District Municipality Reservoirs in Lithuania {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub