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Meironiškiai

Meironiškiai (formerly Russian: Мейронишки, Polish: Mejroniszki) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 269 people. It is located 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from Krakės town, by the Krakės-Josvainiai road, nearby the Smilgaitis and the Dangaučius rivers. There are a shop, a community house, a medicine station, a farm in Meironiškiai. Two big stones standing in the village are declared as a nature heritage object.

History

Meironiškiai developed into a bigger settlement during the Soviet era, as it was a kolkhoz center.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
182045—    
190299+0.97%
192389−0.51%
195985−0.13%
197077−0.89%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979123+5.34%
1986165+4.29%
1989227+11.22%
2001272+1.52%
2011269−0.11%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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References

  1. ^ "Mejroniszki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 315.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Meironiškiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 42.