Tiskūnai

Tiskūnai (formerly Russian: Тыскуны) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 427 people.[1] It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Kėdainiai, nearby the Nevėžis river, by its tributary the Žalesys and a pond on it. There is a library, a former school, a community house, an ostrich farm.

Tiskūnai
Village
Tiskūnai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Tiskūnai
Tiskūnai
Location in Lithuania
Tiskūnai is located in Lithuania
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Tiskūnai
Tiskūnai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°21′00″N 24°00′50″E
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipVilainiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
  Total427
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

An ancient stone axe has been found in Tiskūnai. The village developed during the Soviet era, when it became a center of the "Rised Sod" kolkhoz.[2]

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190295    
192377−1.00%
1959143+1.73%
1970227+4.29%
1979346+4.79%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1987437+2.96%
1989400−4.33%
2001481+1.55%
2011427−1.18%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. "Tiskūnai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 321.


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