Pagiriai (Vilnius) Explained

Pagiriai
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Pagiriai
Coordinates:54.5831°N 25.1919°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Vilnius County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Vilnius District Municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Pagiriai Eldership
Subdivision Type6:Capital of
Subdivision Name6:Pagiriai Eldership
Established Title:First mentioned
Population Total:3,324
Population As Of:2021
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Pagiriai is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania, it is located less than 1km (01miles) south of Vilnius city administrative border. According to the 2021 census, it had population of 3,324, a decrease from 3,451[1] in 2011 and from 3,929 in 2001.

History

Kazaklar and Karnaklar – two Lithuanian Tatar villages before World War II – were merged and renamed Pagiriai after the war[2] (see Keturiasdešimt Totorių for the history of Tatars of Pagiriai eldership). In 1970, the largest greenhouse complex in the Baltic states was established and multi-flat housing for its workers was built during 1970–1990. As a result, the number of inhabitants of the village grew from 251 in 1970 to 3,776 in 1989.[3]

Inhabitants

Pagiriai is a center of Pagiriai eldership, which covers an area of . There are 25 settlements in the eldership. According to the census of 2011, there were 7,341 inhabitants in the Pagiriai elderate. The ethnographic composition of the eldership is very diverse. According to the census of 2011, there were 37.1% Lithuanians, 44.8% – Poles, 8.6% – Russians in 2011. Belarusians, Ukrainians, Lithuanian Tatars and others constituted the rest 9.5% of the population. The largest villages of the elderate were Pagiriai, Vaidotai (1,387) and Keturiasdešimt Totorių (451).[4] The newest census of 2021 showed, that in Pagiriai eldership with a total population of 7,147, 2818 inhabitants (39,4%) were Lithuanians, 3031 (42,4%) were Poles, 556 (7.8%) – Russians, 282 (3,9%) – Belarusians, 64 (0,9%) – Ukrainians and 386 (5,4%) other peoples.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 census. Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). July 28, 2019.
  2. Web site: Pagiriai elderate | Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė. Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė. 2019-07-28.
  3. Web site: Pagiriai elderate | Vilnijos vartai. vilnijosvartai.lt. 2019-07-28.
  4. Web site: 2011 census. Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). July 28, 2019.