Meironiškiai Explained

Official Name:Meironiškiai
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:269
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.3831°N 23.7139°W

Meironiškiai (formerly Russian: Мейронишки, Polish: Mejroniszki) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 269 people. It is located from Krakės town, by the Krakės-Josvainiai road, nearby the Smilgaitis and the Dangaučius rivers. There are a shop, a community house, a medicine station, a farm in Meironiškiai. Two big stones standing in the village are declared as a nature heritage object.

History

Meironiškiai developed into a bigger settlement during the Soviet era, as it was a kolkhoz center.