Meironiškiai (formerly Russian: Мейронишки, Polish: Mejroniszki)[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 269 people.[2] It is located 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from Krakės town, by the Krakės-Josvainiai road, nearby the Smilgaitis and the Dangaučius rivers. There are a shop, a community house, a medicine station, a farm in Meironiškiai. Two big stones standing in the village are declared as a nature heritage object.
Meironiškiai | |
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Meironiškiai Location in Lithuania Show map of Kėdainiai District MunicipalityMeironiškiai Meironiškiai (Lithuania) Show map of Lithuania | |
| Coordinates: 55°22′59″N 23°42′50″E | |
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| Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Krakės Eldership |
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| • Total | 269 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Meironiškiai developed into a bigger settlement during the Soviet era, as it was a kolkhoz center.[3]
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| Hamlets | Girlaukis | |
| Former settlements | Skinderiškis | |
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