Lažai

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania

55°28′52″N 23°58′19″E / 55.48111°N 23.97194°E / 55.48111; 23.97194Country

LithuaniaCounty

Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipSurviliškis EldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total58Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Lažai ('corvées', formerly Polish: Łoże,^[1] Russian: Ложи, Ложе) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 58 people.^[2] It is located 5 km from Surviliškis, by the river Liaudė, nearby Sosiai forest. There is a former school.

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1902	238	—
1923	213	−0.53%
1959	171	−0.61%
1970	132	−2.33%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1979	144	+0.97%
1989	98	−3.78%
2001	80	−1.68%
2011	58	−3.16%

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

Images

A homestead by the road to Užupė
An old Aukštaitian gryčia in Lažai
A former school

References

^ "Łoże". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 277.
^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.