Vilainiai Eldership ( lt, Vilainių seniūnija) is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the central-northern part of
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 ...
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Eldership was created in 2001, when Aristava Eldership and part of
Kėdainiai City Eldership
Kėdainiai City Eldership ( lt, Kėdainių miesto seniūnija) is a Lithuanian eldership, located in a central part of Kėdainiai District Municipality. It covers city of Kėdainiai, which is its administrative seat, and surrounding areas.
Elders ...
was merged.
Geography
The territory of Vilainiai Eldership is located mostly in the Nevėžis Plain and the Nevėžis river valley. Relief is mostly flat, cultivated as agriculture lands. Eastern side is covered by forests.
* Rivers:
*Catholic churches in Apytalaukis, Lančiūnava and Šventybrastis
*Manors of Lančiūnava, Apytalaukis, Stasinė
*Manor sites in Aristavėlė and Zavišinė
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Czesław Miłosz
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and
Juozas Urbšys
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birth places in Šeteniai
*The January Uprising rebels graves in Šventybrastis
*Former cemetery site in Dvarčininkai
* Povilas Lukšys death place in Taučiūnai
*Soviet mosaic the "Tree" in Lančiūnava
Šeteniai
Šeteniai (''Šateiniai'', formerly russian: Шатейни, pl, Szetejnie, Józefów) is a village in the Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kėdainiai district municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population ...