Gudžiūnai Explained

Settlement Type:Town
Gudžiūnai
Pushpin Map:Kėdainiai District Municipality#Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Gudžiūnai
Coordinates:55.5083°N 23.7722°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Aukštaitija
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Kaunas County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kėdainiai district municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Gudžiūnai Eldership
Subdivision Type6:Capital of
Subdivision Name6:Gudžiūnai eldership
Established Date:1653
Established Title:First mentioned
Population Total:491
Population As Of:2011
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

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.

History

The 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.