Skaistgiriai ('bright woods') is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 239 people.[1] It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Josvainiai, by the Aluona river and its tributary the Sakuona, surrounded by the Pernarava-Šaravai Forest. There are library, forestry and former school in Skaistgiriai.
Skaistgiriai | |
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Village | |
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  Skaistgiriai Location in Lithuania  Skaistgiriai Skaistgiriai (Lithuania) | |
| Coordinates: 55°11′49″N 23°43′01″E / 55.19694°N 23.71694°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Josvainiai Eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 239 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
editThe village has been established during the Interwar. During the Soviet era it was a center of the "New Life" kolkhoz.[2]
Demography
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| Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Images
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Main street -
Former school -
Aluona in Skaistgiriai -
Skaistgiriai from the south
References
edit- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Skaistgiriai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 17.