Vilainiai | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 55°18′00″N 24°00′11″E / 55.30000°N 24.00306°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | ![]() |
Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
Eldership | Vilainiai Eldership |
Capital of | Vilainiai Eldership |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,157 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Vilainiai (formerly Russian: Вилайни, Polish: Wiłajnie)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village had a population of 1157 people.[2] It is located next to the north eastern edge of Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the Nevėžis river. There is a kindergarten, a library, a sports school, a culture house, Water Management Institute of Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy.
History
[edit]Vilainiai has been known since 1744. There was a manor and a watermill till the mid-20th century.[1] It developed largely during the Soviet era as a settlement of Land Improvement Institute.[3]
Demography
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Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011, 2021 |
Images
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Vilainiai roadsign
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Wayside cross
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Water towers in Vilainiai
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Eldership administration
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wiłajnie". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 13. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1893. p. 535.
- ^ "2021 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ "Vilainiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 516.