Šlapaberžė

Šlapaberžė
Village
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Coordinates: 55°25′20″N 23°55′20″E / 55.42222°N 23.92222°E / 55.42222; 23.92222
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Dotnuva Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	616
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Šlapaberžė (formerly Polish: Szłapoburże, Szłapoberże, Szłapoberż, Szłapobierże, Ludwików, Russian: Шлапоберже) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 616 people.^[1] The village is located by the Kruostas river, 7 km from Akademija. The village has the Catholic Church of Christ, a former manor with a park, and a wayside chapel.

History

Šlapaberžė was mentioned for the first time in 1371, when it came under the Teutonic Order ride. At the 18th century it was a royal village.

During the Soviet era, Šlapaberžė was a kolkhoz and selsovet center. There was an agriculture school.^[2]

Šlapaberžė chapel

Demography

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1820 301 —     1886 154 −1.01% 1902 397 +6.10% 1923 363 −0.43%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1959 743 +2.01% 1970 918 +1.94% 1979 1,089 +1.92% 1987 1,415 +3.33%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1989 1,040 −14.27% 2001 583 −4.71% 2011 616 +0.55%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
2. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 211.