Krakės (village)

Krakės
Village
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Coordinates: 55°24′00″N 23°43′30″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Krakės Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	32
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

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

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1902 76 —     1923 91 +0.86% 1959 159 +1.56% 1970 99 −4.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 37 −10.36% 1989 24 −4.24% 2001 25 +0.34% 2011 32 +2.50%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Jewish cemetery of Krakės

References

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