Vainikai

Vainikai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 283 people.^[1] It is located 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) from Josvainiai, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river by the Upytė river mouth. There are former school, medicine station.

Vainikai
Village
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Coordinates: 55°12′50″N 23°52′59″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Josvainiai Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	283
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Vainikai has been established in the former lands of the Karūnava estate during the Interwar. In the Soviet era it was a poultry sovkhoz center.^[2]

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1923 334 —     1959 163 −1.97% 1970 191 +1.45% 1979 315 +5.72%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1987 288 −1.11% 1989 327 +6.56% 2001 365 +0.92% 2011 283 −2.51%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Vainikai entrance