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Tiskūnai
Village
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Coordinates: 55°21′00″N 24°00′50″E / 55.35000°N 24.01389°E / 55.35000; 24.01389
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Vilainiai Eldership
Population
• 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. 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.

Demography

Images

• Tiskūnai school
• Tiskūnai entrance
• Žalesys Pond in Tiskūnai
• Ostrich farm

References

1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
2. "Tiskūnai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 321.

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