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Vilainiai
Village
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Coordinates: 55°18′00″N 24°00′11″E / 55.30000°N 24.00306°E / 55.30000; 24.00306
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Vilainiai Eldership
Capital of	Vilainiai Eldership
Population
• Total	1,157
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vilainiai (formerly Russian: Вилайни, Polish: Wiłajnie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village had a population of 1157 people. It is located next to the north eastern edge of Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the Nevėžis river. There is a kindergarten, a library, a sports school, a culture house, Water Management Institute of Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy.

History

Vilainiai has been known since 1744. There was a manor and a watermill till the mid-20th century. It developed largely during the Soviet era as a settlement of Land Improvement Institute.

Demography

Images

• Vilainiai roadsign
• Wayside cross
• Water towers in Vilainiai
• Eldership administration

References

1. ^ "Wiłajnie". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 13. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1893. p. 535.
2. "2021 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
3. "Vilainiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 4. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1988. p. 516.

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