Garliava ( lit. Garliava , outdated. Russian. Godlevo ) - a city in the Kaunas region of Lithuania . Garliava also has the status of eldership ( lit. Garliavos seniūnija ) and is the administrative center of Garliav county county ( lit. Garliavos apylinkių seniūnija ).
| City | |||
| Garliava | |||
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| lit. Garliava | |||
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| A country |  Lithuania | ||
| Status | Starostvo center county starostva | ||
| County | Kaunas | ||
| Area | Kaunas district | ||
| Eldership | Garliav Starostvo | ||
| Headman | Rasa Grigiene ( litas. Rasa Grigienė ) [1] | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Based | |||
| First mention | 1809 | ||
| City with | 1958 | ||
| Square | 3.65 km² | ||
| Height above sea level | ≈70 m | ||
| Climate type | moderate continental | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in the summer UTC + 3 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | ▼ [2] 13 368 [3] people ( 2010 ) | ||
| Density | 3 362 people / km² | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | (+370) 37 [4] | ||
| Postcode | LT-53030 [5] | ||
| garliava.lt (lit.) | |||
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Geography
It is located 10 km south of Kaunas and 1.5 km from the Garliava railway station on the Kaunas - Kaliningrad line . In fact, Garliava is a suburb of Kaunas.
Population
In 1970 there were 6 thousand inhabitants. In 2009 - 13.5 thousand
| The dynamics of the population of Garliava | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2001 | 2010 | ||||||||
| residents | 5,821 | 9,418 | 12,420 | 13,322 | 13,368 | ||||||||
Title
The original form of the name Godlevo is due to the last name of the owner of Godlevsky.
Coat of arms
The emblem was approved in 1994 . It depicts a branch with three oak leaves.
History
The settlement began to be formed at the beginning of the 19th century in the estate of the landowner Godlevsky near the paved highway. The Catholic Church of the Most Holy Trinity ( 1809 ) and the Lutheran Church ( 1814 - 1816 ) were built at his expense. In the period between the two world wars, the volost center ( lit. valsčiaus centras ). Most of the population were Jews; most destroyed during World War II . In the summer of 1944 the synagogue was burned, the Lutheran church was destroyed.
Infrastructure
A post office, a bus station, a church, a library, two museums (a museum of resistance in a gymnasium and a local history museum in a secondary school), a hotel, a motel, a hospital, a pharmacy, a repair and mechanical plant, and knitwear production.
Personalities
- Antanina Mackeviciute (1926–2011) - Lithuanian and Soviet theater and film actress.
Notes
- ↑ About Garliavsky Starostve on the official website of the Kaunas district Archival copy from April 1, 2009 on the Wayback Machine (lit.)
- Iet Lietuvos miestų ir miestelių gyventojų skaičius metų pradžioje, pagal statistikos departamentą Archived July 20, 2011.
- Population in counties and municipalities by age and sex, 2010 (not available link)
- Telephone code of Kaunas city and Kaunas district
- ↑ Post offices of Kaunas County
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garliava
- Garliavos miesto seniūnija