Domeikava | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Domeikava |
Coordinates: | 54.9667°N 23.9194°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Aukštaitija |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kaunas County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Kaunas district municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name4: | Domeikava eldership |
Subdivision Type6: | Capital of |
Subdivision Name6: | Domeikava eldership |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Population Total: | 5,215 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Domeikava is a town in the Kaunas district municipality, located 1km (01miles) north of Kaunas city municipality. The area surrounding Domeikava has some of Lithuania's most fertile and productive soil.[1]
Domeikavos Gimnazija, established in early 1920s is the primary high school in the local area with students coming from all nearby town. Another school, Kauno šv. Kazimiero progimnazija (primary and middle-school) is just outside Domeikava town borders.
According to the 2011 census, the town had a population of 5,006 people.[2] By 2017, Domeikava eldership reached a population of 8820,[3] the increase largely driven by construction of new houses and apartments which attract inhabitants from other areas.