Tiskūnai
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Tiskūnai | |
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  Tiskūnai Location in Lithuania  Tiskūnai Tiskūnai (Lithuania) | |
| Coordinates: 55°21′00″N 24°00′50″E / 55.35000°N 24.01389°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Vilainiai Eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 427 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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.
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
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| Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Images
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Tiskūnai school -
Tiskūnai entrance -
Žalesys Pond in Tiskūnai -
Ostrich farm
References
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Tiskūnai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 321.