Pagiriai (Vilnius)

Pagiriai is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, it had population of 3,451,[1] a decrease from 3,929 in 2001.

Pagiriai
Village
Entrance to Pagiriai
Pagiriai
Location of Pagiriai
Coordinates: 54°34′59″N 25°11′31″E
Country Lithuania
County Vilnius County
MunicipalityVilnius District Municipality
EldershipPagiriai Eldership
Capital ofPagiriai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,451
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History
Pagiriai greenhouse complex—the largest in the Baltic states during the Soviet times

Kazaklar and Karnaklar – two Lithuanian Tatar villages before World War II – were merged and renamed Pagiriai after the war[2] (see Keturiasdešimt Totorių for the history of Tatars of Pagiriai eldership). In 1970, the largest greenhouse complex in the Baltic states was established and multi-flat housing for its workers was built during 1970–1990. As a result, the number of inhabitants of the village grew from 251 in 1970 to 3,776 in 1989.[3]

Inhabitants

Pagiriai is a center of an eponymous eldership, which covers an area of 87.2 square kilometres (33.7 sq mi). There are 25 settlements in the eldership. According to the census of 2011, there were 7,341 inhabitants in the Pagiriai elderate. The ethnographic composition of the eldership is very diverse: 37.1% were Lithuanians, 44.8% were Poles, 8.6% were Russians in 2011. Belarusians, Ukrainians, Lithuanian Tatars and others constituted the rest 9.5% of the population. The largest villages of the elderate are Pagiriai, Vaidotai (1,387) and Keturiasdešimt Totorių (451).[4]

References
  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  2. "Pagiriai elderate | Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė". Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  3. "Pagiriai elderate | Vilnijos vartai". vilnijosvartai.lt. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  4. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved July 28, 2019.
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