Pėdžiai Explained

Official Name:Pėdžiai
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:80
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.1969°N 24.0419°W

Pėdžiai (formerly Russian: Пядзи, Polish: Piadzie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 80 people. It is located from Nociūnai, by the Barupė river, between the roads "Jonava-Šeduva" (KK144) and A8. There is a cemetery and a pond.

History

Pėdžiai (as Pedins) has been mentioned the first time by Hermann von Wartberge in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order. Later, it have been mentioned in Die Littauischen Wegeberichte.

In the beginning of the 20th century Pedžiai was an okolica (a property of the Noreikiai, Abakevičiai, Paulavičiai, Rimavičiai, Jurevičiai families).

A part of Pėdžiai village was in Jonava District Municipality (Pėdžiai, Jonava).