Miegėnai

Miegėnai

Miegėnai

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania

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.

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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

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  • A monument to the first mention of Miegėnai
  • A cross
  • Former windmill
  • A roofed pole in Miegėnai

References

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


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