Pernarava
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pernarava
| settlement_type= Town
| nickname =
| image_skyline =Pernarava001.JPG
| imagesize=280px
| image_caption = Church of Pernarava
| image_shield = Pernaravosherbas.png
| pushpin_map = Lithuania#Kėdainiai District Municipality
| pushpin_map_caption=Location in Lithuania
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| subdivision_type =Country
| subdivision_name ={{flag|Lithuania}}
| subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region
| subdivision_name1=Aukštaitija
| subdivision_type2=County
| subdivision_name2=20px Kaunas County
| subdivision_type3=Municipality
| subdivision_name3=Kėdainiai District Municipality
| subdivision_type4=Eldership
| subdivision_name4= Pernarava Eldership
|subdivision_type6 = Capital of
|subdivision_name6 = Pernarava eldership
| established_date =
| established_title=
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total =232
| coordinates = {{coord|55|16|10|N|23|38|40|E|region:LT|display=inline,title}}
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| timezone=EET
| utc_offset=+2
| timezone_DST=EEST
| utc_offset_DST=+3
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Pernarava (formerly {{langx|ru|Пернараво}}, {{langx|pl|Pernarowo}}) is a small town in Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 232.{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|access-date=August 13, 2017}} It is located {{convert|11|km}} from Ariogala, {{convert|26|km}} from Kėdainiai. There are wooden Catholic church of Crucified Jesus (built in 1815), dispensary, school, library, monument for postwar partisans of Kęstutis military district.
History
The toponym Pernarava could be derived from unattested Lithuanian personal name *Pernaras (see similar Pernarauskas, Pernaravičius).
An ancient burial place (of the 1st-13th centuries) and 7 stone axes have been found in Pernarava. The name of Pernarava (as Parvern) has been mentioned the first time in 1371 after this place was devastated by the Teutonic Order. Pernarava manor, okolica and field have been mentioned at 16th century. The first church have been built in 1671.
At the end of the 19th century Pernarava was a property of Benedykt Tyszkiewicz. There were distillery, nursing home.
During the Soviet era Pernarava was a kolkhoz and selsovet center.
Demography
{{historical populations| width = 10em| cols = 4
|align=center| percentages = pagr
|1859|125
|1902|128
|1914|200
|1923|61
|1959|120
|1970|207
|1979|287
|1986|267
|1989|300
|2001|299
|2011|232
| 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]}}
Images
Pernarava, ženklas.JPG|Roadsign
Pernaravos mokykla.JPG|Pernarava school
Pernarava, seniūnija.JPG|Eldership administration
References
{{reflist|refs=
| last = Misius
| first = Kazys
| encyclopedia = Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija
| title =Pernarava
| language = lt
| date = 1987
| publisher = Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija
| volume = 3
| location = Vilnius
| pages = 355
}}
| last = Misius
| first = Kazys
| encyclopedia = Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
| title = Pernarava
| url =https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/pernarava/
| access-date = 2020-12-20
| language = lt
| date = 2010
| publisher = Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas
| volume = 18
| location = Vilnius
}}
}}
{{commons category|Pernarava}}
{{Pernarava Eldership}}
{{Kaunas County}}
Category:Kėdainiai District Municipality
Category:Towns in Kaunas County
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