Šilainiai is a neighborhood in the

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n city of

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

, consisting of mostly Soviet-built

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s completed in the 1980s. Part of larger Šilainiai elderate which is one of the largest elderates in the city, consisting of Milikoniai, Sargėnai, Šilainiai, Vytėnai and Romainiai neighborhoods, covering 25 km² and housing over 55,000 people as of 2021.gyventojų ir būstų surašymas
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Ninth Fort The Ninth Fort () is a stronghold in the northern part of Šilainiai elderate, Kaunas, Lithuania. It is a part of the Kaunas Fortress, built in the late 19th century. During the Soviet occupation, the fort was used as a prison and way-statio ...

s of the Kaunas Fortress are located in the elderate. There are several shopping malls, post offices, drug stores, book shops, Šilainiai hospital, Kaunas Holy Spirit Church and Chapel of Saint John Paul II. Near the elderate of Šilainiai, remains of historical estate of Linkuva, Vytėnai and Sargėnai can be found.

Schools

The elderate is home to three gymnasiums ( Santaros, Jonas Basanavičius and Juozas Grušas Arts Gymnasium), and three secondary schools (Milikoniai, Tadas Ivanauskas and Ąžuolas Catholic Secondary School).

References

City of Kaunas - Šilainiai Elderate Website

External links

Website of Kaunas city
* Neighbourhoods of Kaunas {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub