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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name =Labūnava
|settlement_type=Town
|image_skyline = Labūnava nuo užtvankos.JPG
| pushpin_map   = Kėdainiai District Municipality#Lithuania
|pushpin_map_caption =Location in Lithuania
|subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Lithuania}}
|subdivision_type1 =[[Counties of Lithuania|County]]
|subdivision_name1 =[[Image:LTU Kauno apskritis flag.svg|20px]] [[Kaunas County]]
|subdivision_type2 =[[Municipalities of Lithuania|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name2 =[[Kėdainiai district municipality]]
|subdivision_type3 =[[Elderships of Lithuania|Eldership]]
|subdivision_name3 =[[Pelėdnagiai Eldership]]
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_total = 747
|timezone =[[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +2
|timezone_DST =  [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +3
|coordinates = {{coord|55|11|31|N|23|54|22|E|region:LT|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Labūnava''' (formerly {{langx|ru|Лабуновъ, Лабуново}}, {{langx|pl|Łabunów}})<ref name=SGKP/> is a small town in [[Kėdainiai district municipality]], in [[Kaunas County]], central [[Lithuania]]. According to the 2011 census, town residents numbered 747.<ref name=census/> It is {{convert|11|km}} from [[Kėdainiai]], on the left bank of the [[Nevėžis]] river, by its tributary the [[Barupė]]. The [[Labūnava Reservoir]] on the Barupė is located next to the town. Labūnava has a kindergarten, a library, a school, a forestry, an agriculture cooperative, a Catholic church of the Divine, a cemetery, and some ruins of the former manor (two towers and a hunting lodge).
==History==
In the 14th century, Labūnava faced attacks from the [[Teutonic Knights]]. It was mentioned for the first time in [[1364]], in the chronicle of [[Hermann von Wartberge]]. The Labūnava manor has been known since the 16th century. Labūnava was burned in [[Napoleon]]'s 1812 campaign.
Labūnava developed greatly in the Soviet era. It became a center of the "Eastern Dawn" ''[[kolkhoz]]''. This ''kolkhoz'' was one of the leading ones in all [[Lithuanian SSR]]. Labūnava settlement received an award at the USSR People's Achievements' Exposition in 1978.<ref name=TLE/>
==Demography==
{{historical populations| width = 10em| cols = 2
|align=center| percentages = pagr
|1867|60
|1902|65
|1923|175
|1959|36
|1970|193
|1979|734
|1985|847
|1989|882
|2001|939
|2006|915
|2011|747
| source = [https://kresy.genealodzy.pl/gub_wil_87/kowno_wlasc.html 1902], [http://www.epaveldas.lt/recordDescription/LNB/C1B0002365127 1923], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/w/images/7/79/Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1959_ir_1970.pdf 1959 & 1970], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1979.pdf 1979], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1989.pdf 1989], [https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/212976/Kauno_apskritis.pdf/8593b78f-5d58-4f1a-aed1-d108f07398ae 2001], [http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en 2011]}}
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==Images==
<gallery>
Labūnava - panoramio (1).jpg|Labūnava Manor tower
Labunava6.jpg|Barupė street
Labunavos Dievo Apvaizdos baznycia.jpg|Labūnava Church
Labūnava. Vytautas.JPG|[[Vytautas]] monument in the Labūnava cemetery
</gallery>
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=census> {{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 21, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=SGKP>{{SgKP|5|564|Łabunów}}</ref>
<ref name=TLE>{{cite encyclopedia
| last =
| first =
| author-link =
| encyclopedia = [[Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija]]
| title = {{PAGENAME}}
| trans-title =
| url =
| access-date =
| language = Lithuanian
| edition =
| date = 1986
| publisher = Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija
| volume =2
| location = Vilnius
| pages = 463
}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Villages in Kaunas County]]
[[Category:Kėdainiai District Municipality]]
{{KaunasCounty-geo-stub}}