Ruoščiai is a small village in Kėdainiai district municipality, Lithuania. Located about 3 km from the town of Dotnuva, it had 37 residents at the 2011 census.[1] The settlement is known as the geographical center of Lithuania, which was calculated in 1995.[2]

Ruoščiai
Village
Ruoščiai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Ruoščiai
Ruoščiai
Location of Ruoščiai
Ruoščiai is located in Lithuania
Ruoščiai
Ruoščiai
Ruoščiai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°19′48″N 23°54′20″E / 55.33000°N 23.90556°E / 55.33000; 23.90556
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipKėdainiai City Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total37
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Stones marking the geographical center of Lithuania

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190296—    
192371−1.43%
195981+0.37%
197080−0.11%
YearPop.±% p.a.
197954−4.27%
198932−5.10%
200135+0.75%
201137+0.56%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Lietuvos geografiniai ekstremumai" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Nacionalinė žemės tarnyba prie ŽŪM.
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