Daškoniai

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania

55°22′05″N 23°57′22″E / 55.36806°N 23.95611°E / 55.36806; 23.95611Country

LithuaniaCounty

Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipSurviliškis EldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total13Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Daškoniai (formerly Polish: Daszkańce,^[1] Russian: Дашканцы) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 13 people.^[2] It is located 4 km from Kėdainiai, 2 km from Sirutiškis by the Kruostas river. One of the main cemeteries of Kėdainiai is in Daškoniai village.

History

At the beginning of the 20th century, Daškoniai was an okolica.^[1]

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1902	146	—
1923	134	−0.41%
1959	78	−1.49%
1970	77	−0.12%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1979	19	−14.40%
1989	8	−8.29%
2001	20	+7.93%
2011	13	−4.22%

Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images

Daškoniai cemetery
Pine trees by the cemetery

References

^ ^a ^b "Daszkańce". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 389.
^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.