Pagiriai
Pagiriai | |
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Town | |
Pagiriai tower | |
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Coat of arms | |
Pagiriai Location in Lithuania | |
| Coordinates: 55°21′40″N 24°24′0″E / 55.36111°N 24.40000°E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Kaunas County |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 358 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pagiriai is a small town in northeast Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County in central Lithuania. It is east of Kėdainiai and 18 km southeast of Ramygala. It forms the Pagiriai Eldership (seniūnaitija).
Since 1944, the town has housed the wooden Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Pagiriai Chapel in its cemetery. Local facilities include a medical station, the Pagiriai Adomas Jakštas multifunctional center of Šėta Gymnasium, a library, community center, and a post office (LT-58072).
Local industry includes wood processing ("Sagmeda" and "Dagmedis") and a bakery. A former horticultural center exists in the area, thought its orchards are now abandoned. There is also a monument dedicated to deportees and partisans (1990).
The town is surrounded by Pagiriai village, and the Rudekšna River flows through it. Roads connect Pagiriai to Šėta, Velžys, Ukmergė, and Vaiškoniai.