Karmėlava is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania.

[1] The town of Karmėlava is located 6 km (3.7 mi) north east of Kaunas and near the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania, Kaunas International Airport.

Grand Duchess of Lithuania Barbora Radvilaitė became the governor of Karmėlava and its environs in 1549.

Later, Karmėlava was governed by noble families of Pac, Ogiński, and Sirutis.

The town of Karmėlava was granted the Magdeburg rights and the coat of arms in 1792.