Saviečiai Explained

Official Name:Saviečiai
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:Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:141
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.1719°N 24.0061°W

Saviečiai (formerly Russian: Савечаны, Polish: Saweczany, Sawieczany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 141 people. It is located from Vandžiogala, by the Mėkla river, alongside the A8 highway. There is a cemetery.

History

In the beginning of the 20th century Saviečiai was an okolica.

During the Soviet era, Saviečiai was subsidiary settlement of the "Spike" kolkhoz.