Paobelys

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania

55°15′50″N 23°58′01″E / 55.26389°N 23.96694°E / 55.26389; 23.96694Country

LithuaniaCounty

Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipPelėdnagiai EldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total293Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Paobelys (Paobelė, formerly Russian: Поабель, Polish: Poabele)^[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality of Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village residents numbered 293.^[2] It is located by the southeastern edge of Kėdainiai city, by the confluence of the Obelis and Nevėžis rivers, next to the crossroad of the Jonava-Šeduva (KK144) and Kėdainiai-Babtai roads. The Šerkšnys river passes through the village.

History

In the beginning of the 20th century, Paobelys was a small falwark.^[1]

During the Soviet era, Paobelys was subsidiary settlement of the "Spike" kolkhoz.^[3]

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1902	9	—
1923	21	+4.12%
1959	61	+3.01%
1970	247	+13.56%
1979	347	+3.85%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1986	332	−0.63%
1989	307	−2.58%
2001	292	−0.42%
2011	293	+0.03%

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Poabele". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 463.
^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
^ "Paobelys". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 299.