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Bakainiai (formerly , ) 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. Symbols The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...
, in central
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 ...
. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 62 people. It is located 1 km from
Surviliškis Surviliškis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, 18 km from Kėdainiai, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. In 2011 it had a population of 351. There are wooden Catholic church of Jesus (built in 1791), wooden chapel ...
, by the Liaudė river. There is hillfort in Bakainiai, on the bank of the Liaudė.


History

Bakainiai castle was mentioned in
1731 Events January–March * January 8 – An avalanche from the Skafjell mountain causes a massive wave in the Storfjorden fjord in Norway that sinks all boats that happen to be in the water at the time and kills people on both sh ...
, by
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. At the 18th century there was a well fortified Swedish war camp on the hillfort.


Demography


Images

Bakainiai001.JPG, Bakainiai hillfort Bakainiu piliakalnis is pietvakariu puses.jpg, Bakainiai hillfort Bakainiai1.JPG, Bakainiai farms


References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub