Dainava is a mostly Soviet-built neighbourhood built in 1963, initially as a

microdistrict Microdistrict, or microraion (russian: микрорайо́н, ''mikrorajón''), is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Socialist st ...

) located in the north-northeast part of second largest Lithuanian city of Kaunas. It has an

elderate A ''seniūnija'' (in English: eldership, elderate, ward, parish, or subdistrict) is the smallest Subdivisions of Lithuania, administrative division of Lithuania. An eldership may comprise a very small region consisting of few villages, one ...

status. Before 2005 it included the

Gričiupis Gričiupis is a neighborhood of the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, located on the right bank of the Nemunas River. It has elderate status, and is the smallest elderate in the city. Its administrative status as an elderate was established in 2005, wh ...

section (''dalys''), split into a separate elderate. The borough borders Highway A1, and

Kaunas Free Economic Zone The Kaunas Free Economic Zone (FEZ) or Kaunas FEZ ( lt, Kauno laisvoji ekonominė zona) is a free economic zone Free economic zones (FEZ), free economic territories (FETs) or free zones (FZ) are a class of special economic zone (SEZ) desig ...

in the north,

Petrašiūnai Petrašiūnai is a neighborhood in the eastern part of the Lithuanian city of Kaunas. Part of larger Petrašiūnai elderate which also consists with Amaliai, Palemonas and Naujasodis neighorhoods. In 2006 it occupied about 28.46 km², with ...

borough in the east,

elderate in the south as well as

Žaliakalnis Žaliakalnis (literally, "the green hill") is an elderate in Lithuania's second largest city, Kaunas. Žaliakalnis is located north of the old town and the city center area, between the Neris and Girstupis valleys. It is one of the largest reside ...

and

Eiguliai Eiguliai is neighorhood in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. Eiguliai elderate encompass Eiguliai, Kleboniškis and part of Kalniečiai neighbourhoods. Elderate itself is located on the left bank of the Neris River. The distance from Eiguliai neigh ...

elderate s in the west. Known for parks, most of them renovated since late 2010s, dense network of public transport, many trolleybus lines crosses the neighborhood. Largest being Park of Friendship ( lt, Draugystės parkas) completed in 1973. The neighbourhood was built in a typical soviet fashion. It is one of the largest elderates by population in Kaunas with over 70,000 inhabitants as of 2006 despite its small area of only .

External links

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{{coord, 54, 55, 15, N, 23, 58, 24, E, display=title, region:LT_type:city Neighbourhoods of Kaunas