| Rykantai | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Coordinates: | 54.7167°N 83°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rykantai |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Aukštaitija |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vilnius County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Trakai district municipality |
| Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
| Subdivision Name4: | Lentvaris elderate |
| Population Total: | 281 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Rykantai is a village in Trakai district municipality, Lithuania, 7 kilometres north-west of Lentvaris. The village has a post office, a railway station and a church, Trinity Church. The Neris River flows north of the village. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, it has 281 inhabitants.[1]
Rykantai is known as one of the first reformats settlement in Lithuania. Rykantai is mentioned in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace as the place where General Balashov delivers a letter from Tsar Alexander to Napoleon.