Medininkai, Kėdainiai
Medininkai ('foresters, woodsmen', formerly Russian: Мѣдники, Polish: Miedniki) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 62 people. It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Dotnuva town, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Meironiškiai, nearby the Smilga river, surrounded by the Josvainiai Forest and the Krakės-Dotnuva Forest. There is a former school.
History
At the beginning of the 20th century there were Medininkai village and estate.
Demography
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Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 |
Images
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An old oak tree nearby
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Southern part of Medininkai
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Former school building
References
- ^ "Miedniki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 325.
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.