Žostautai, Kėdainiai

Žostautai
Village
Žostautai Location in Lithuania Žostautai Žostautai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°18′12″N 23°38′49″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Pernarava Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	53
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Žostautai or Zaštautai (formerly Russian: Заштовты, Polish: Zasztowty) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 53 people. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Pernarava, between the Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest and the Šušvė river. There is a farm.

History

Žostautai has been known since 1596. There was Žostautai village and folwark at the end of the 19th century. During the Soviet era it was a subsidiary kolkhoz settlement.

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1866 99 —     1923 228 +1.47% 1959 198 −0.39% 1970 173 −1.22% 1979 132 −2.96%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1987 112 −2.03% 1989 97 −6.94% 2001 81 −1.49% 2011 53 −4.15%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

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  Žostautai from the west
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  Žostautai roofed pole (Žostautų stogastulpis)
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  Western part of Žostautai nearby forest