Kūjėnai

Kūjėnai (formerly Russian: Куяны, Polish: Kujany)[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 17 people.[2] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Šventybrastis, nearby the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest.

Kūjėnai
Village
Kūjėnai Location in Lithuania Kūjėnai Kūjėnai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°25′41″N 24°04′08″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Vilainiai Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	17
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Kūjėnai has been mentioned the first time by Hermann von Wartberge in 1372, when the village was rided by the Teutonic Order.[3]

Kūjėnai was a folwark of the Zabielos family, and of the Černiauskai family later in the 19th century.[1]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1902 214 —     1923 258 +0.89% 1959 151 −1.48% 1970 90 −4.60%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 55 −5.32% 1989 23 −8.35% 2001 15 −3.50% 2011 17 +1.26%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

1. "Kujany". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 4. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1883. p. 850.
2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
3. Vėlius, Norbertas (1996). Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai [Sources of Baltic religion and mythology] (in Lithuanian). 1. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla. p. 421. ISBN 5-420-01487-4.