Žostautai, Kėdainiai Explained

Official Name:Žostautai
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Kėdainiai District Municipality#Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lithuania
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Kaunas County
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Kėdainiai district municipality
Subdivision Type3:Eldership
Subdivision Name3:Pernarava Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:53
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.3033°N 23.6469°W

Žostautai or Zaštautai (formerly Russian: Заштовты, Polish: Zasztowty) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 53 people. It is located from Pernarava, between the Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest and the Šušvė river. There is a farm.

History

Žostautai has been known since 1596. There was Žostautai village and folwark at the end of the 19th century. During the Soviet era it was a subsidiary kolkhoz settlement.