Gudžiūnai (formerly Polish: Gudziuny, Russian: Гудзюны) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Dotnuvėlė River. The town has a Catholic Sacred Heart church, a secondary school, and a post office. There is also a train station (Gudžiūnai GS) just outside the town.
Gudžiūnai | |
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Town | |
 Gudžiūnai church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Gudžiūnai Location of Gudžiūnai  Gudžiūnai Gudžiūnai (Lithuania) | |
| Coordinates: 55°30′30″N 23°46′20″E / 55.50833°N 23.77222°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Gudžiūnai Eldership |
| Capital of | Gudžiūnai eldership |
| First mentioned | 1653 |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 491 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
editThe name Gudžiūnai has been in use since at least 1653. The first church was built in 1812, and the current church was built in 1911. At the end of the 19th century Gudžiūnai became a town and from 1919 it was a volost center. During the Soviet era Gudžiūnai was a kolkhoz center.[1]
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Gallery
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Tujų street
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View from helicopter
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References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Gudžiūnai.
- ^ Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 2. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1986. p. 14.