Ažytėnai (formerly Polish: Ożytany,[1] Russian: Ожетаны, Ожитаны) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania.

[2] It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Krakės, by the Ažytė river and its tributary Ažytėlė.

Ažytėnai is famous for being a living place of Lithuanian writer, agronomist Mikalojus Katkus (1852–1944).

On 1 April 1863 a big battle of the January Uprising occurred between Ažytėnai and Lenčiai villages.

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