Galkantai

Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania

55°20′53″N 24°00′04″E / 55.34806°N 24.00111°E / 55.34806; 24.00111Country

LithuaniaCounty

Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipVilainiai EldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total12Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Galkantai (formerly Russian: Гольконты, Polish: Golkonty)^[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 12 people.^[2] It is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Tiskūnai, between the Nevėžis river and the road "Vilainiai-Krekenava".

History

Galkantai has been known since the 17th century.^[3] At the end of the 19th century it was a property of the Wejsberg, Ławrynowycz and Pietrusiewicz families in the former Sirutiškis manor property.^[1]

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1902	70	—
1923	89	+1.15%
1959	56	−1.28%
1970	47	−1.58%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1979	33	−3.85%
1989	29	−1.28%
2001	25	−1.23%
2011	12	−7.08%

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Golkonty". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 513. "Golkonty". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1881. p. 658.
^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
^ Jucevičius, Jonas (2011). Kėdainių krašto architektūra (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Spaudvita. p. 336. ISBN 978-9955-637-69-1.