Taučiūnai Explained

Official Name:Taučiūnai
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:Vilainiai Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:60
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.2831°N 24.0531°W

Taučiūnai (formerly Russian: Тавчуны, Polish: Tauczuny, Tawczuny) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 60 people. It is located from Aristava, close to the A8 highway, on the shore of the Juodkiškiai Reservoir. There is a monument for the first Lithuanian volunteer soldier Povilas Lukšys, who died near Taučiūnai in 1919.

History

Taučiūnai has been known since 1375. There was a manor till the mid-20th century. The Taučiūnai folwark belonged to the Medekšos and the Vyšniauskai families.

Demography

thumb|left|200px|Monument for Povilas Lukšys

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