Miegėnai

Miegėnai (foremerly Russian: Мегяны, Polish: Miegiany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 341 people.[1] It is located 9 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Nykis river. There are library, farm cooperative, former school, former windmill and post office in Miegėnai.

Miegėnai
Village
Miegėnai Location in Lithuania Miegėnai Miegėnai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°29′49″N 23°54′40″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Gudžiūnai Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	341
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Miegėnai (as Megene) is included to the list of devastated Lithuanian villages by Teutonic Order in 1372. During Soviet era Miegėnai was "Nemunas" kolkhoz center.[2]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1820 146 —     1902 113 −0.31% 1923 178 +2.19% 1959 198 +0.30% 1970 272 +2.93%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 327 +2.07% 1986 333 +0.26% 1989 372 +3.76% 2001 388 +0.35% 2011 341 −1.28%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Gallery

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  Monument to the first mention of Miegėnai
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  A cross
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  Former windmill
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  Stogastulpis in Miegėnai

References

1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
2. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 30.