Skaistgiriai, Kėdainiai

55°11′49″N 23°43′01″E / 55.19694°N 23.71694°E / 55.19694; 23.71694Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipJosvainiai EldershipPopulation • Total239Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

History

The village has been established during the Interwar. During the Soviet era it was a center of the "New Life" kolkhoz.^[2]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1959 62 —     1970 93 +3.75% 1979 187 +8.07% 1987 262 +4.31%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1989 260 −0.38% 2001 294 +1.03% 2011 239 −2.05%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

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  Main street
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  Former school
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  Aluona in Skaistgiriai
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  Skaistgiriai from the south

References