Miegėnai

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Miegėnai
Village
Miegėnai2.JPG
Miegėnai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Miegėnai
Miegėnai
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°29′49″N 23°54′40″E / 55.49694°N 23.91111°E / 55.49694; 23.91111Coordinates: 55°29′49″N 23°54′40″E / 55.49694°N 23.91111°E / 55.49694; 23.91111
Country Lithuania
CountyLTU Kauno apskritis flag.svg Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipGudžiūnai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total341
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Miegėnai (formerly Russian: Мегяны, Polish: Miegiany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 341 people.[1] It is located 9 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Nykis river. There are library, farm cooperative, former school, former windmill and post office in Miegėnai.

History[]

Miegėnai (as Megene) is included to the list of devastated Lithuanian villages by Teutonic Order in 1372. During Soviet era Miegėnai was "Nemunas" kolkhoz center.[2]

Demography[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1820146—    
1902113−0.31%
1923178+2.19%
1959198+0.30%
1970272+2.93%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979327+2.07%
1986333+0.26%
1989372+3.76%
2001388+0.35%
2011341−1.28%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Gallery[]

  • A monument to the first mention of Miegėnai

  • A cross

  • Former windmill

  • A roofed pole in Miegėnai

References[]

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 30.

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