Bajėnai I (''Bajėnai 1st'', formerly russian: Бояны, pl, Bojany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in

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, in central

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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 29 people. It is located from Skaistgiriai, by the Kriaušiupys rivulet, nearby the road 25px

Aristava Aristava (formerly ''Lukšiakaimis'', russian: Орвистово, Лукшакаймис, pl, Orwistów) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a pop ...

- Kėdainiai- Cinkiškiai.

History

A fragment of an ancient

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has been found in Bajėnai I. The Bajėnai Manor is known since the end of the 16th century. In the 19th century, it belonged to the Tyszkiewicz family and later to the Jesuits. They have created a dairy and vegetable farm in Bajėnai.

Demography

Images

Bajėnai I, kelias.JPG, A street of the village Bajėnai I, stulpas.JPG, A commemorative

roofed pole Roofed pole or roofed pillar ( lt, stogastulpis, plural: ''stogastulpiai'', from ''stogas'' – 'roof' and ''stulpas'' – 'pole, pillar') is a traditional Lithuanians, Lithuanian wooden shrine. They may have anywhere between one and three layers o ...

to the exiled villagers from Bajėnai I

References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub