Pajieslys

55°20′38″N 23°40′01″E / 55.34389°N 23.66694°E / 55.34389; 23.66694Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipKrakės EldershipPopulation • Total254Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pajieslys (formerly Russian: Поесли, Polish: Pojeśle)^[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 254 people.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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

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