Meironiškiai

55°22′59″N 23°42′50″E / 55.38306°N 23.71389°E / 55.38306; 23.71389Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipKrakės EldershipPopulation • Total269Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Meironiškiai (formerly Russian: Мейронишки, Polish: Mejroniszki)^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1820 45 —     1902 99 +0.97% 1923 89 −0.51% 1959 85 −0.13% 1970 77 −0.89%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 123 +5.34% 1986 165 +4.29% 1989 227 +11.22% 2001 272 +1.52% 2011 269 −0.11%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

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  Community house
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  The Meironiškiai Stones

References