Šmotiškiai (formerly russian: Шматышки) is a village in
Kėdainiai district municipality, in
Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania
The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties ( Lithuanian: singular ''apskritis'', plural ''apskritys''), all named after their capitals. The counties are ...
, in central
Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 47 people.
[ It is located from ]Krakės
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, from Pajieslys
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, on the Krakės-Josvainiai
Josvainiai (formerly pl, Jaswojnie, russian: link=no, Ясвойни, Ясвойне) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Šušvė River 10 km southwest from Kėdainiai. In the town there is a C ...
road.
History
The first mention of Šmotiškiai comes from 1593
Events
January–December
* January – Siege of Pyongyang (1593): A Japanese invasion is defeated in Pyongyang by a combined force of Korean and Ming troops.
* January 18 – Siamese King Naresuan, in combat on elephant back, k ...
. At that time it had 13 '' voloks'' of agriculture land and 15 ''voloks'' of forest land. At the 18th century it was a royal village.
Demography
Images
Šmotiškiai, gryčia.JPG, Traditional Aukštaitian house in Šmotiškiai
Šmotiškiai001.JPG, The main street
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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