Gastilonys Explained

Official Name:Gastilonys
Settlement Type:Village
Timezone1:EET
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Population Total:228
Population As Of:1923[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Aukštaitija
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kaunas County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kaišiadorys district municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Rumšiškės eldership
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Gastilonys
Coordinates:54.878°N 24.144°W

Gastilonys is a former village in the Kaišiadorys District Municipality, Lithuania, located 1 kilometer south of Grabučiškės, on the right bank of the Kaunas Reservoir.

The Gastilonys Botanical-Zoological Reserve has been established in the village, where grows.

History

The village used to be on the right bank of the Neman, east of . In 1959, Kaunas was flooded during the construction of the Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant, creating the Kaunas Reservoir.

Origin of the name

The name of the village comes from the surname Gastila.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Lietuvos apgyventos vietos: pirmojo visuotinojo Lietuvos gyventojų 1923 m. surašymo duomenys. Kaunas: Finansų ministerija. Centralinis statistikos biūras, 1925.
  2. Aleksandras Vanagas. Išnykę vietovardžiai. „Kauno marios“. Paruošė Lietuvos TSR paminklų apsaugos ir kraštotyros draugijos Kauno skyrius. – Vilnius, „Mokslas“, 1981. // psl. 83–86