Deveikiškiai

Deveikiškiai
Village
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Coordinates: 55°20′31″N 23°42′00″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Krakės Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	35
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Deveikiškiai (formerly Polish: Dowejkiszki,[1] Russian: Довейкишки) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 35 people.[2] It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Krakės, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Pajieslys, on the Krakės-Josvainiai road.

History

At the 16th century the village was known as Deveikiai and had 20 voloks of agriculture land. In 1912 part of the village was split into solitary homesteads (Deveikiškėliai village).[3]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1902 252 —     1923 194 −1.24% 1959 129 −1.13% 1970 150 +1.38% 1979 92 −5.29%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1985 75 −3.35% 1989 55 −7.46% 2001 48 −1.13% 2011 35 −3.11%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

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  Deveikiškiai from the north
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  Traditional Aukštaitian house in Deveikiškiai
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  Traditional Aukštaitian house in Deveikiškiai
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  Deveikiškiai from the Pajieslys Ridge

References

1. "Dowejkiszki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 434.
2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
3. "Deveikiškiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 412.