Airėnai I is a village located in the Vilnius District Municipality. It is part of the Neris Regional Park. According to the census of 2011, the village has a population of 83, a decrease from 112 in 1984.

Airėnai II Airėnai II is a village located in the Vilnius District Municipality. It is part of the Neris Regional Park. According to the census of 2011, the village has a population of 110, a decrease from 257 in 1959. Airėnai I village is located nearb ...

village is located nearby.

History

In the early 19th century, Airėnai estate belonged to the Dukes

Giedraičiai left, Bell tower of Church of St. Bartholomew Giedraičiai is a town in Molėtai district municipality, Lithuania with about 700 residents. It is located some 45 km north of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, on the banks of Lake Kiementas. ...

. In 1860, Airėnai was briefly described by

Władysław Syrokomla Ludwik Władysław Franciszek Kondratowicz (29 September 1823 – 15 September 1862), better known as Władysław Syrokomla, was a Polish romantic poet, writer and translator working in Vilnius and Vilna Governorate, then Russian Empire. Biogr ...

in his ethnographic study of the environs of Vilnius city. He wrote: In 1864, there were eight houses in Airėnai village and 44 inhabitants: eight were Eastern Orthodox (see

Geisiškės Geisiškės is a village located near Kernavė town in the Vilnius District Municipality. According to the census of 2011, the village has a population of 286, an increase from 248, counted by the 2001 census. Most of the inhabitants of Geisišk ...

for migration history) and 36

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. Dukštos oak forest with a walkway and Bradeliškės or Airėnai stone with undecipherable

runes Runes are the letter (alphabet), letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, a ...

is located near the village. In the Neris river, there is a conglomerate stone named after the village.

References

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