Official Name: | Sviliai |
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: | Josvainiai Eldership |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 134 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 55.2611°N 23.7969°W |
Sviliai (formerly Russian: Свиле, Polish: Świle) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 134 people. It is located from Josvainiai, by the Josvainiai-Ariogala road, on the right bank of the Šušvė river. The Pernarava-Šaravai Forest is next to Sviliai.
An ancient burial place and prehistoric settlement site are located in Sviliai area.
The village has been known since 1575. There were 13 homesteads in 1820. There was a watermill at the beginning of the 20th century. Sviliai was a property of the Liudkevičiai at that time. During the Soviet era it was a kolkhoz subsidiary settlement.
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