Krakės is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 32 people.[1] It is located all around Krakės town, scattered by the roads from Krakės to Bokštai, Kėdainiai and Grinkiškis. At the eastern side, nearby the Krakės-Dotnuva Forest there is old Jewish cemetery of the Krakės Jews.

Krakės
Village
Krakės is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Krakės
Krakės
Location in Lithuania
Krakės is located in Lithuania
Krakės
Krakės
Krakės (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°24′00″N 23°43′30″E / 55.40000°N 23.72500°E / 55.40000; 23.72500
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipKrakės Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total32
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

At the beginning of the 20th century there was Žydkapiai ('Jewish graves', Russian: Жидкапе) village nearby Krakės town.

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190276—    
192391+0.86%
1959159+1.56%
197099−4.22%
YearPop.±% p.a.
197937−10.36%
198924−4.24%
200125+0.34%
201132+2.50%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011
 
Jewish cemetery of Krakės

References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.