Paaluonys (formerly ''Daukšiškė'', , )
[ is a village in ]Kėdainiai district municipality
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, in Kaunas County
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, in central Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 169 people.[ It is located from ]Pernarava
Pernarava (formerly , ) is a small town in Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 232. It is located from Ariogala, from Kėdainiai. There are wooden Catholic church of Crucified Jesus ...
, by the Aluona
The Aluona is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and Kaunas district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 29.7 kilometres and has a basin area of 123.3 km2. It is a right-bank tributary of the Nevėžis river. ...
river. There is a library and a gristmill
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.
History
Till the beginning of the 20th century the village was known as ''Daukšiškė''. During the Soviet era Paaluonys was the "Bright Road" ''kolkhoz
A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...
'' center.[
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Demography
Images
Paaluonys. Gamybos zona.JPG, Paaluonys gristmill
Paaluonys. Kaimo kryžius.JPG, Village cross
Paaluonys, Kėdainių raj.JPG, Village entrance
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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