Galkantai

Galkantai
Village
Galkantai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Galkantai
Galkantai
Location in Lithuania
Galkantai is located in Lithuania
Galkantai
Galkantai
Galkantai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°20′53″N 24°00′04″E / 55.34806°N 24.00111°E / 55.34806; 24.00111
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipVilainiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
12
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Galkantai (formerly Russian: Гольконты, Polish: Golkonty) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 12 people. It is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Tiskūnai, between the Nevėžis river and the road "Vilainiai-Krekenava".

History

Galkantai has been known since the 17th century. At the end of the 19th century it was a property of the Wejsberg, Ławrynowycz and Pietrusiewicz families in the former Sirutiškis manor property.

Demography

References

  1. 1 2 "Golkonty". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 513. "Golkonty". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1881. p. 658.
  2. ↑ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Jucevičius, Jonas (2011). Kėdainių krašto architektūra (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Spaudvita. p. 336. ISBN 978-9955-637-69-1.