Žilvičiai is a village in
Kėdainiai district municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...
, 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.
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The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...
, in central
Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 48 people.
[ It is located 3 km from ]Mantviliškis
Mantviliškis is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It is located by the Dotnuvėlė river and Mantviliškis pond, from Dotnuva
Dotnuva (formerly , , ) is a small town with a 2003 population of ...
village, by the Kruostas
The Kruostas is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It originates near Alksnėnai village and goes through agriculture fields passing the villages of Žilvičiai ...
river.
Žilvičiai was established in 1926, after the Grużewski's ''folwark
''Folwark'' is a Polish word derived from the German ''Vorwerk''. A Folwark or Vorwerk is an agricultural estate or a separate branch operation of such an estate, historically a serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of latif ...
s'' of Liubomislis and Zofijava had been parcelated.
Demography
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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