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Skaistgiriai, Kėdainiai

Skaistgiriai ('bright woods') is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 239 people. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Josvainiai, by the Aluona river and its tributary the Sakuona, surrounded by the Pernarava-Šaravai Forest. There are library, forestry and former school in Skaistgiriai.

History

The village has been established during the Interwar. During the Soviet era it was a center of the "New Life" kolkhoz.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
195962—    
197093+3.75%
1979187+8.07%
1987262+4.31%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1989260−0.38%
2001294+1.03%
2011239−2.05%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Skaistgiriai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 17.