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]