Bakainiai

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania
55°27′22″N 24°01′30″E / 55.45611°N 24.02500°E / 55.45611; 24.02500Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipSurviliškis EldershipPopulation
 (2011)
 • Total62Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Bakainiai (formerly Polish: Bakajnie,[1] Russian: Бакайни) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 62 people.[2] It is located 1 km from Surviliškis, by the Liaudė river. There is hillfort in Bakainiai, on the bank of the Liaudė.

History

Bakainiai castle was mentioned in 1731, by Teutonic Order. At the 18th century there was a well fortified Swedish war camp on the hillfort.[3]

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190277—    
1923210+4.89%
1959214+0.05%
1970151−3.12%
1979142−0.68%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1984128−2.05%
198981−8.75%
200194+1.25%
201162−4.08%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

  • Bakainiai hillfort
    Bakainiai hillfort
  • Bakainiai hillfort
    Bakainiai hillfort
  • Bakainiai farms
    Bakainiai farms

References

  1. ^ "Bakajnie". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 69.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 166.

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