Å ilai is a village in
Jonava district municipality, in
Kaunas County
Kaunas County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
Symbols
The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...
, in central
Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 Lithuania census, the village has a population of 347 people. Administrative centre of
Å ilai Eldership
Å ilai Eldership () is a Lithuanian eldership, located in an eastern part of Jonava District Municipality. As of 2020, administrative centre and largest settlement within eldership was Å ilai.
Geography
* Rivers: Lokys;
Populated places
Fol ...
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Famous villagers
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Simonas Martynas Kosakovskis
Szymon Marcin Kossakowski (; 1741 in Šilai, Jonava – 1794) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic), and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. In 1793, he became the last Grand Hetman of Lithuania.
Biography
He participat ...
,
Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (
szlachcic
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), and one of the leaders of the
Targowica Confederation
The Targowica Confederation (, , ) was a confederation established by Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Petersburg, with the backing of the Russian Empress Catherine II. The confederation opposed the Constitution of 3 May ...
.
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Juozapas Kazimieras Kosakovskis,
bishop of Livonia
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Re-established afte ...
from 1781, political activist, writer, and supporter of
Russian Empire
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.
References
Villages in Jonava District Municipality
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