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Kūjėnai

Kūjėnai (formerly Russian: Куяны, Polish: Kujany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 17 people. It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Šventybrastis, nearby the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest.

History

Kūjėnai has been mentioned the first time by Hermann von Wartberge in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order.

Kūjėnai was a folwark of the Zabielos family, and of the Černiauskai family later in the 19th century.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1902214—    
1923258+0.89%
1959151−1.48%
197090−4.60%
YearPop.±% p.a.
197955−5.32%
198923−8.35%
200115−3.50%
201117+1.26%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

  1. ^ "Kujany". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 4. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1883. p. 850.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Vėlius, Norbertas (1996). Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai [Sources of Baltic religion and mythology] (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla. p. 421. ISBN 5-420-01487-4.