Miegėnai (formerly russian: Мегяны, pl, Miegiany) 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 Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 341 people. It is located 9 km from

Gudžiūnai Gudžiūnai (formerly pl, Gudziuny, russian: Гудзюны) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Dotnuvėlė River. The town has a Catholic Sacred Heart church, a secondary school, and a post office. The ...

, by the

Nykis The Nykis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Liaudė. It originates in Balsiai forest and goes to the east, meeting the Liaudė in Paberžė, Kėdainiai, Paberžė villa ...

river. There are library, farm cooperative, former school, former windmill and post office in Miegėnai.

History

Miegėnai (as ''Megene'') is included to the list of devastated Lithuanian villages by Teutonic Order in

1372 Year 1372 ( MCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May – Owain Lawgoch makes a second attempt to take the throne of Wales, sailing ...

. During Soviet era Miegėnai was "Nemunas" '' kolkhoz'' center.

Demography

Gallery

Miegėnai1.JPG, A monument to the first mention of Miegėnai Miegėnai6.JPG, A cross Miegėnai5.JPG, Former windmill Miegėnai3.JPG, A

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 ...

in Miegėnai

References

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