Ansainiai Explained

Official Name:Ansainiai
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:Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:14
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.1919°N 23.925°W

Ansainiai (formerly Russian: Ганусевичи, Polish: Hanusewicze) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 14 people. It is located from Labūnava, on the shore of the Labūnava Reservoir. There is a memorial for exiled local inhabitants during the Soviet era.

History

In the beginning of the 20th century, Ansainiai (Hanusewicze) was an okolica, a property of the Butkevičiai, Dautartai, Gineikiai, Hanusaučiai, Ivanaičiai, Jagėlavičiai, Jusevičiai, Kšešanavičiai, Stecevičiai, Uginskiai, Vencevičiai families.

Demography

thumb|left|250px|Ansainiai memorial