Eiguliai

Eiguliai[1]
Eldership
Church of Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis
Eiguliai[1] Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°56′N 23°56′E / 54.933°N 23.933°E / 54.933; 23.933Coordinates: 54°56′N 23°56′E / 54.933°N 23.933°E / 54.933; 23.933
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kaunas city municipality
Elder of Eiguliai	Ovidijus Adomaitis
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	40,453
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)	+370

Eiguliai is an eldership in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. The distance from Eiguliai to Kaunas centre is approximately 6 km. The settlement was a small village until it was incorporated into Kaunas in 1959 and a residential microdistrict was built in 1979. Located on the left bank of the Neris River, Eiguliai encompass and part of Kalniečiai neighbourhoods. The 7th Fort of the Kaunas Fortress are located in this eldership. The borough borders Dainava in the east, Žaliakalnis in the south, Vilijampolė and Šilainiai in the west and Domeikava with Lapės in the north. It has 40,453 inhabitants which represent 13.82 % of the population of Kaunas city municipality.

Cemetery[]

A number of famous people were buried in the Eiguliai cemetery:^[3]

• (1855–1942), organist, veterinarian
• Stepas Butautas (1925–2001), sports activists
• (1912–1986), ethnographer and art critic, architectural historian
• (1896–1991), cultural activist
• (1963–1991), deputy of Kaunas Council, leader of the Green political movement in Lithuania
• Dalia Grinkevičiūtė (1927–1987), doctor and writer about experiences of Lithuanian exiles near the Laptev Sea
• (1913–1975), actress
• (1856–1919), aviator, helped to organize the Lithuanian Armed Forces
• (1892–1962), archaeologist, colonel
• 1899-1920 aviator, helped to organize the Lithuanian Armed Forces First dead Lithuanian pilot who had his own medal

References[]

External links[]

• Website of Kaunas city
• Kaunas travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Centre of Registers