Saviečiai
Saviečiai | |
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Village | |
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  Saviečiai Location in Lithuania  Saviečiai Saviečiai (Lithuania) | |
| Coordinates: 55°10′19″N 24°00′22″E / 55.17194°N 24.00611°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Pelėdnagiai Eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 141 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Saviečiai (formerly Russian: Савечаны, Polish: Saweczany, Sawieczany)[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 141 people.[2] It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Vandžiogala, by the Mėkla river, alongside the A8 highway. There is a cemetery.
History[edit]
In the beginning of the 20th century Saviečiai was an okolica.[1]
During the Soviet era, Saviečiai was subsidiary settlement of the "Spike" kolkhoz.[3]
Demography[edit]
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| Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Saweczany". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 574.
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Saviečiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 636.