Sirutiškis Explained

Official Name:Sirutiškis
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:Surviliškis Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:370
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.3531°N 23.9831°W

Sirutiškis is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 370 people. It is located 1 km from the Kėdainiai city northern limit (Babėnai), on the right bank of the Nevėžis river, close to the mouth of its tributary the Baltupis. The regional road 25px Kėdainiai-Krekenava-Panevėžys runs through the village.

There are a manor palace with a park, library, gravel pit in Sirutiškis.

History

The name Sirutiškis comes from Simonas Sirutis, who was a castellan of Vitebsk and around 1760 had the Sirutiškis manor as an own property. At the 19th century, the manor was a property of the Komarowski family.

Beržytė village was merged with Sirutiškis in 1968.