Jurgaičiai, Kėdainiai Explained

Official Name:Jurgaičiai
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:Krakės Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:7
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.3531°N 23.6831°W

Jurgaičiai (formerly Polish: Jurgajcie, Russian: Юргайци) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 7 people. It is located from Pajieslys, in the Pajieslys Geomorphological Sanctuary.

At the beginning of the 20th century Jurgaičiai was an okolica, a property of the Bagdonavičiai, Ylėnai, Kelčiauskai, Krasaučiai, Kutkevičiai, Mikulšiai, Milaševičiai, Paškevičiai and Aleknavičiai families.

Archaeologist Laima Vaitkunskienė led excavations examining medieval cemeteries in the area.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laima Vaitkunskienė . 2023-02-08 . www.vle.lt . lt.