Lenčiai, Kėdainiai

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Lenčiai (formerly {{langx|ru|Ленчи}}, {{langx|pl|Lencze}}) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 18 people. It is located {{convert|0.5|km}} from Ažytėnai village, by the Ažytė river.

History

Lenčiai village is known since 1578. A big battle between the January Uprising resurgents and Tsarist army occurred here on 1 April 1863.

Demography

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|1820|106

|1902|324

|1923|214

|1959|237

|1970|134

|1979|52

|1985|35

|1989|44

|2001|35

|2011|18

| source = [https://kresy.genealodzy.pl/gub_wil_87/kowno_wlasc.html 1902], [http://www.epaveldas.lt/recordDescription/LNB/C1B0002365127 1923], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/w/images/7/79/Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1959_ir_1970.pdf 1959 & 1970], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1979.pdf 1979], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1989.pdf 1989], [https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/212976/Kauno_apskritis.pdf/8593b78f-5d58-4f1a-aed1-d108f07398ae 2001], [http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en 2011]}}

Notable people

Mykolas Kuprevičius (1864–1932), Lithuanian publicist, entographer born in Lenčiai;
Mikalojus Katkus (1852–1944), Lithuanian writer, agronomist, buried in the Lenčiai cemetery.

References

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{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 21, 2017}}

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| encyclopedia = Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija

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| date = 1986