Tiskūnai (formerly russian: Тыскуны) 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 427 people.
[ It is located from Kėdainiai, nearby the Nevėžis river, by its tributary the Žalesys and a pond on it. There is a library, a former school, a community house, an ostrich farm.
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History
An ancient stone axe has been found in Tiskūnai. The village developed during the Soviet era, when it became a center of the "Rised Sod" '' kolkhoz''.[
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Demography
Images
Tiskunai1. 2007-05-06.jpg, Tiskūnai school
Tiskunai4. 2007-05-06.jpg, Tiskūnai entrance
Tiskunai6. 2007-05-06.jpg, Žalesys Pond in Tiskūnai
Tiskunai2. 2007-05-06.jpg, Ostrich farm
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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