Pajieslys (formerly Russian: Поесли, Polish: Pojeśle) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 254 people. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Krakės, by the Jiesla rivulet, nearby its confluence with the Šušvė. There is a wooden Catholic church of St. Mary (built in 1913), a library, and a school. The Pajieslys Geomorphological Sanctuary is located nearby. Pajieslys hosts an ISKCON community.

History

The first church in Pajieslys had been built in 1857. Till the Soviet era there was the Pajieslys manor. Later the settlement was transformed into a kolkhoz and selsovet (1950–1988) center.

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1902 13 —     1923 45 +6.09% 1959 64 +0.98% 1970 156 +8.44% 1979 204 +3.03%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1986 170 −2.57% 1989 201 +5.74% 2001 165 −1.63% 2011 254 +4.41%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Notable people

• Teodora Urszula Piłsudska (1811–1886), grandmother of Józef Piłsudski, buried in the Pajieslys Church cemetery.

Images

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  Pajieslys from the west
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  Entrance to Pajieslys from Pilsupiai
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  The tomb of Teodora Urszula Piłsudska
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  Pajieslys Church