Bajėnai I

Bajėnai I (Bajėnai 1st, formerly Russian: Бояны, Polish: Bojany)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 29 people.[2] It is located 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) from Skaistgiriai, by the Kriaušiupys rivulet, nearby the road Aristava-Kėdainiai-Cinkiškiai.

Bajėnai I
Village
Bajėnai I
Location in Lithuania
Bajėnai I
Bajėnai I (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°10′01″N 23°45′50″E
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipJosvainiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total29
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

A fragment of an ancient stone axe has been found in Bajėnai I.[3] The Bajėnai Manor is known since the end of the 16th century. At the 19th century it belonged to the Tyszkiewicz family[1] and later to the Jesuits. They have created a diary and vegetable growing farm in Bajėnai.[3]

Demography
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1902110—    
1923243+3.85%
1959175−0.91%
1970151−1.33%
197981−6.69%
YearPop.±% p.a.
198465−4.31%
198939−9.71%
200146+1.39%
201129−4.51%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images
  • A street of the village
  • A commemorative stogastulpis to the exiled ones from Bajėnai I

References
  1. "Bojany". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 186.
  2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. "Bajėnai I". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 165.
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