Saviečiai
Saviečiai (formerly Russian: Савечаны, Polish: Saweczany, Sawieczany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 141 people. It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Vandžiogala, by the Mėkla river, alongside the A8 highway. There is a cemetery.
History
In the beginning of the 20th century Saviečiai was an okolica.
During the Soviet era, Saviečiai was subsidiary settlement of the "Spike" kolkhoz.
Demography
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References
- ^ "Saweczany". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 574.
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Saviečiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 636.