Kūjėnai (formerly Russian: Куяны, Polish: Kujany)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 17 people.[2] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Šventybrastis, nearby the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest.

Kūjėnai
Village
Kūjėnai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Kūjėnai
Kūjėnai
Location in Lithuania
Kūjėnai is located in Lithuania
Kūjėnai
Kūjėnai
Kūjėnai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°25′41″N 24°04′08″E / 55.42806°N 24.06889°E / 55.42806; 24.06889
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipVilainiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total17
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

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Kūjėnai has been mentioned the first time by Hermann von Wartberge in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order.[3]

Kūjėnai was a folwark of the Zabielos family, and of the Černiauskai family later in the 19th century.[1]

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1902214—    
1923258+0.89%
1959151−1.48%
197090−4.60%
YearPop.±% p.a.
197955−5.32%
198923−8.35%
200115−3.50%
201117+1.26%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kujany". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 4. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1883. p. 850.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Vėlius, Norbertas (1996). Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai [Sources of Baltic religion and mythology] (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla. p. 421. ISBN 5-420-01487-4.