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

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

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

  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.
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