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Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania
Pajieslys
Village
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Coordinates: 55°20′38″N 23°40′01″E / 55.34389°N 23.66694°E / 55.34389; 23.66694
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipKrakės Eldership
Population
 • Total254
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pajieslys (formerly Russian: Поесли, Polish: Pojeśle) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 254 people. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Krakės, by the Jiesla rivulet, nearby its confluence with the Šušvė. There is a wooden Catholic church of St. Mary (built in 1913), a library, and a school. The Pajieslys Geomorphological Sanctuary is located nearby. Pajieslys hosts an ISKCON community.

History

The first church in Pajieslys had been built in 1857. Till the Soviet era there was the Pajieslys manor. Later the settlement was transformed into a kolkhoz and selsovet (1950–1988) center.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190213—    
192345+6.09%
195964+0.98%
1970156+8.44%
1979204+3.03%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1986170−2.57%
1989201+5.74%
2001165−1.63%
2011254+4.41%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Notable people

Images

  • Pajieslys from the west Pajieslys from the west
  • Entrance to Pajieslys from Pilsupiai Entrance to Pajieslys from Pilsupiai
  • The tomb of Teodora Urszula Piłsudska The tomb of Teodora Urszula Piłsudska
  • Pajieslys Church Pajieslys Church

References

  1. "Pojeśle". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 478.
  2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. Donatas Glodenis (2010-01-21). "Pajieslio kaimo gyventojai išsigando krišnaistų". religija.lt.
  4. "Pajieslys". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 267.
Krakės Eldership
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HamletsGirlaukis
Former settlementsSkinderiškis


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