Graužiai, Josvainiai

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania

55°12′22″N 23°52′01″E / 55.20611°N 23.86694°E / 55.20611; 23.86694Country

LithuaniaCounty

Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipJosvainiai EldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total24Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Graužiai (formerly Russian: Граужи, Polish: Grauże)^[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 24 people.^[2] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Kunioniai, by the Šušvė river and the Šušvė Landscape Sanctuary. The road Šingaliai-Paliepiai crosses the village.

There is an ancient burial place nearby Graužiai and the Graužiai Treasure has been found in the village in 1939.^[3]

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1923	358	—
1959	221	−1.33%
1970	213	−0.33%
1979	80	−10.31%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1989	44	−5.80%
2001	61	+2.76%
2011	24	−8.91%

Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

^ "Grauże". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 531.
^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
^ "Graužių kapinynas". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 7. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. 2005. p. 109. Retrieved 2020-12-20.