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.
Gastilonys | |
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Village | |
  Gastilonys Location of Gastilonys | |
| Coordinates: 54°52′40.8″N 24°8′38.4″E / 54.878000°N 24.144000°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Kaišiadorys district municipality |
| Eldership | Rumšiškės eldership |
| Population (1923[1]) | |
| • Total | 228 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The Gastilonys Botanical-Zoological Reserve has been established in the village, where Gastilonys oak grows.
History edit
The village used to be on the right bank of the Neman, east of Mozūrai. In around 1960, when the construction of the Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant started, the village was evicted, because after the construction of the power plant, the whole territory of Kaunas appeared at the bottom of the Kaunas Reservoir.
Origin of the name edit
The name of the village comes from the surname Gastila.[2]
References edit
- ^ Lietuvos apgyventos vietos: pirmojo visuotinojo Lietuvos gyventojų 1923 m. surašymo duomenys. Kaunas: Finansų ministerija. Centralinis statistikos biūras, 1925.
- ^ Aleksandras Vanagas. Išnykę vietovardžiai. „Kauno marios“. Paruošė Lietuvos TSR paminklų apsaugos ir kraštotyros draugijos Kauno skyrius. – Vilnius, „Mokslas“, 1981. // psl. 83–86