Rykantai

Rykantai

Rykantai

Village in Aukštaitija, Lithuania

Rykantai is a village in Trakai district municipality, Lithuania, 7 kilometres north-west of Lentvaris. The village has a post office, a railway station and a church, Trinity Church. The Neris River flows north of the village. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, it has 281 inhabitants.[1]

Rykantai Trinity church
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Rykantai is known as one of the first reformats settlement in Lithuania. Rykantai is mentioned in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace as the place where General Balashov delivers a letter from Tsar Alexander to Napoleon.

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    "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.

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