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Nociūnai
Village
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Coordinates: 55°13′08″N 24°02′20″E / 55.21889°N 24.03889°E / 55.21889; 24.03889
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Population
• Total	304
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Nociūnai (formerly Russian: Нацуны, Polish: Nacuny) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality of Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had 304 residents. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Kėdainiai, by the Barupė river, next to the crossroad of the Jonava-Šeduva (KK144) road and A8 highway. The village contains a library, a community center, a former school, a cemetery, and an ancient burial site.

History

The Nociūnai Manor was a property of the Šiukštos family in the 19th century. There was a wooden familial tomb-chapel, built in 1805.

During the Soviet era, Nociūnai was a center of the "Spike" kolkhoz.

Demography

Images

• Nociūnai cemetery
• A8 highway next to Nociūnai
• Nociūnai village looking from the road

References

1. ^ "Nacuny". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish).  p. 852.
2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
3. "Nociūnai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 215.

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