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Jurgaičiai, Kėdainiai

Jurgaičiai (formerly Polish: Jurgajcie, Russian: Юргайци) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 7 people. It is located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from Pajieslys, in the Pajieslys Geomorphological Sanctuary.

At the beginning of the 20th century Jurgaičiai was an okolica, a property of the Bagdonavičiai, Ylėnai, Kelčiauskai, Krasaučiai, Kutkevičiai, Mikulšiai, Milaševičiai, Paškevičiai and Aleknavičiai families.

Archaeologist Laima Vaitkunskienė led excavations examining medieval cemeteries in the area.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1902112—    
192362−2.78%
195944−0.95%
197042−0.42%
YearPop.±% p.a.
197930−3.67%
198918−4.98%
20018−6.53%
20117−1.33%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

  1. ^ "Jurgajcie". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 31.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Laima Vaitkunskienė". www.vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-02-08.