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Plinkaigalis

Coordinates: 55°24′50″N 23°39′40″E / 55.41389°N 23.66111°E / 55.41389; 23.66111
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Plinkaigalis
Village
Plinkaigalis is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Plinkaigalis
Plinkaigalis
Location in Lithuania
Plinkaigalis is located in Lithuania
Plinkaigalis
Plinkaigalis
Plinkaigalis (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°24′50″N 23°39′40″E / 55.41389°N 23.66111°E / 55.41389; 23.66111
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipKrakės Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total319
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Plinkaigalis (formerly Russian: Плинтагола, Polish: Plintagoła)[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 319 people.[2] It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Krakės, along the Krakės-Betygala road, on the right bank of the Šušvė river, on the shore of the Plinkaigalis Lake.

There is the Plinkaigalis hillfort on the confluence of the Šušvė and Žiedupė. Also an ancient burial place with rich grave goods had been found nearby.

History

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Plinkaigalis village is known since 1595. In 1632 eleven families lived here and six in 1662. During the 18th century the village once had been deserted but later repopulated as the Krakės manor settlement. During the Soviet era it was a kolkhoz center.[3]

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190263—    
192391+1.77%
195970−0.73%
1970156+7.56%
1979159+0.21%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1986216+4.47%
1989303+11.94%
2001384+1.99%
2011319−1.84%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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References

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  1. ^ "Plintagoła". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 458.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Plinkaigalis". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 398.