Kūjėnai Explained

Official Name:Kūjėnai
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:17
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.4281°N 24.0689°W

Kūjėnai (formerly Russian: Куяны, Polish: Kujany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 17 people. It is located from Šventybrastis, nearby the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest.

History

Kūjėnai has been mentioned the first time by Hermann von Wartberge in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order.

Kūjėnai was a folwark of the Zabielos family, and of the Černiauskai family later in the 19th century.