Jump to content

Gastilonys

Coordinates: 54°52′40.8″N 24°8′38.4″E / 54.878000°N 24.144000°E / 54.878000; 24.144000
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gastilonys
Village
Gastilonys is located in Lithuania
Gastilonys
Gastilonys
Location of Gastilonys
Coordinates: 54°52′40.8″N 24°8′38.4″E / 54.878000°N 24.144000°E / 54.878000; 24.144000
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
CountyKaunas County
MunicipalityKaišiadorys district municipality
EldershipRumšiškės eldership
Population
 (1923[1])
 • Total228
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Gastilonys is a former village in the Kaišiadorys District Municipality, Lithuania, located 1 kilometer south of Grabučiškės, on the right bank of the Kaunas Reservoir.

The Gastilonys Botanical-Zoological Reserve has been established in the village, where Gastilonys oak [lt] grows.

History

[edit]

The village used to be on the right bank of the Neman, east of Mozūrai [lt]. In 1959, Kaunas was flooded during the construction of the Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant, creating the Kaunas Reservoir.

Origin of the name

[edit]

The name of the village comes from the surname Gastila.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Lietuvos apgyventos vietos: pirmojo visuotinojo Lietuvos gyventojų 1923 m. surašymo duomenys. Kaunas: Finansų ministerija. Centralinis statistikos biūras, 1925.
  2. ^ Aleksandras Vanagas. Išnykę vietovardžiai. „Kauno marios“. Paruošė Lietuvos TSR paminklų apsaugos ir kraštotyros draugijos Kauno skyrius. – Vilnius, „Mokslas“, 1981. // psl. 83–86