Rimkai (formerly russian: Рымки) is a village in

Kėdainiai district municipality Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to th ...

, 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 was uninhabited. It is located from

Krakės Krakės (formerly ''Krakiai'', pl, Kroki, russian: link=no, Кроки) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Smilgaitis River. In the town, there are Catholic church of St. Matthew the Evangelist (bui ...

, from

Jaugiliai Jaugiliai ( pl, Jawgiele, russian: Явгели) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 57 people. It is located from Krakės, by the ...

, on the shore of the

Rimkai Lake The Rimkai is a lake in Krakės Eldership, Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located to the north from Krakės town, next to Jaugiliai village and Jaugiliai Lake, at a place of former Rimkai village. It belongs to the Sm ...

History

Before the Soviet era, there was Rimkai ''

folwark ''Folwark''; german: Vorwerk; uk, Фільварок; ''Filwarok''; be, Фальварак; ''Falwarak''; lt, Palivarkas is a Polish word for a primarily serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of ''latifundium''), often very ...

''.

Demography

References

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