Miegėnai

55°29′49″N 23°54′40″E / 55.49694°N 23.91111°E / 55.49694; 23.91111Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipGudžiūnai EldershipPopulation • Total341Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Miegėnai (formerly Russian: Мегяны, Polish: Miegiany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 341 people.^[1] It is located 9 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Nykis river. There are library, farm cooperative, former school, former windmill and post office in Miegėnai.

History

Miegėnai (as Megene) is included to the list of devastated Lithuanian villages by Teutonic Order in 1372. During Soviet era Miegėnai was "Nemunas" kolkhoz center.^[2]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1820 146 —     1902 113 −0.31% 1923 178 +2.19% 1959 198 +0.30% 1970 272 +2.93%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 327 +2.07% 1986 333 +0.26% 1989 372 +3.76% 2001 388 +0.35% 2011 341 −1.28%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Gallery

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  A monument to the first mention of Miegėnai
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  A cross
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  Former windmill
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  A roofed pole in Miegėnai

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