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Galkantai

Galkantai (formerly Russian: Гольконты, Polish: Golkonty) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 12 people. It is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Tiskūnai, between the Nevėžis river and the road "Vilainiai-Krekenava".

History

Galkantai has been known since the 17th century. At the end of the 19th century it was a property of the Wejsberg, Ławrynowycz and Pietrusiewicz families in the former Sirutiškis manor property.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190270—    
192389+1.15%
195956−1.28%
197047−1.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
197933−3.85%
198929−1.28%
200125−1.23%
201112−7.08%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

  1. ^ "Golkonty". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 513. "Golkonty". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1881. p. 658.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Jucevičius, Jonas (2011). Kėdainių krašto architektūra (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Spaudvita. p. 336. ISBN 978-9955-637-69-1.