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Vainikai

Coordinates: 55°12′50″N 23°52′59″E / 55.21389°N 23.88306°E / 55.21389; 23.88306
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Vainikai
Village
Vainikai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Vainikai
Vainikai
Location in Lithuania
Vainikai is located in Lithuania
Vainikai
Vainikai
Vainikai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°12′50″N 23°52′59″E / 55.21389°N 23.88306°E / 55.21389; 23.88306
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipJosvainiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total283
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Vainikai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 283 people.[1] It is located 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) from Josvainiai, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river by the Upytė river mouth. There are former school, medicine station.

History

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Vainikai has been established in the former lands of the Karūnava estate during the Interwar. In the Soviet era it was a poultry sovkhoz center.[2]

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1923334—    
1959163−1.97%
1970191+1.45%
1979315+5.72%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1987288−1.11%
1989327+6.56%
2001365+0.92%
2011283−2.51%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011
Vainikai entrance

References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Vainikai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 418.