Official Name: | Galkantai |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kėdainiai District Municipality#Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lithuania |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Kaunas County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kėdainiai district municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | Vilainiai Eldership |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 12 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 55.3481°N 24.0011°W |
Galkantai (formerly Russian: Гольконты, Polish: Golkonty) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 12 people. It is located from Tiskūnai, between the Nevėžis river and the road "Vilainiai-Krekenava".
Galkantai has been known since the 17th century. At the end of the 19th century it was a property of the Wejsberg, Ławrynowycz and Pietrusiewicz families in the former Sirutiškis manor property.