Meironiškiai

Meironiškiai

Meironiškiai

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania

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.

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History

Meironiškiai developed into a bigger settlement during the Soviet era, as it was a kolkhoz center.[3]

Demography

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Images

  • Community house
  • The Meironiškiai Stones

References

  1. [1]
    "Mejroniszki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 315.
  2. [2]
    "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Meironiškiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 42.

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