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Bakainiai
Village
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Coordinates: 55°27′22″N 24°01′30″E / 55.45611°N 24.02500°E / 55.45611; 24.02500
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Surviliškis Eldership
Population
• Total	62
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Bakainiai (formerly Polish: Bakajnie, Russian: Бакайни) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 62 people. It is located 1 km from Surviliškis, by the Liaudė river. There is hillfort in Bakainiai, on the bank of the Liaudė.

History

Bakainiai castle was mentioned in 1731, by Teutonic Order. At the 18th century there was a well fortified Swedish war camp on the hillfort.

Demography

Images

• Bakainiai hillfort
• Bakainiai hillfort
• Bakainiai farms

References

1. "Bakajnie". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 69.
2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
3. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 166.

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Towns	Surviliškis
Villages	Bakainiai Bališkiai Berželė Čireliai Daškoniai Dembnė Gojus Jogniškiai Kalnaberžė Kaukalniai Kutiškiai Lažai Lomeikiškiai Mociūnai Močėnai Pakruostė Pakruostėlė Sirutiškis Spigučiai Sūriškiai Surviliškis Urbeliai Užupė Vaidatoniai Vitėnai Žirnenka

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