Saviečiai (formerly russian: Савечаны, pl, Saweczany, Sawieczany)
[ is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in ]Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania
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, in central Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 141 people.[ It is located from ]Vandžiogala
Vandžiogala (Polish: ''Wędziagoła'') is a small town in Kaunas County, Kaunas district municipality in central Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas city municipality next to Urka brook. A Holy Trinity church was built in Vandžiogala in 1 ...
, by the Mėkla
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river, alongside the A8 highway. There is a cemetery.
History
In the beginning of the 20th century Saviečiai was an ''okolica In Poland and Lithuania okolica szlachecka or akalica (in Lithuanian) is a kind of estate village (''neighbourhood of the nobility''), or a complex of several villages of the same first part of the name and different second part. In the past, it was ...
''.[
During the Soviet era, Saviečiai was subsidiary settlement of the "Spike" '' kolkhoz''.][
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Demography
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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