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Krakės (village)

Coordinates: 55°24′00″N 23°43′30″E / 55.40000°N 23.72500°E / 55.40000; 23.72500
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Krakės
Village
Krakės is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Krakės
Krakės
Location in Lithuania
Krakės is located in Lithuania
Krakės
Krakės
Krakės (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°24′00″N 23°43′30″E / 55.40000°N 23.72500°E / 55.40000; 23.72500
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipKrakės Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total32
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Krakės is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 32 people.[1] It is located all around Krakės town, scattered by the roads from Krakės to Bokštai, Kėdainiai and Grinkiškis. At the eastern side, nearby the Krakės-Dotnuva Forest there is old Jewish cemetery of the Krakės Jews.

At the beginning of the 20th century there was Žydkapiai ('Jewish graves', Russian: Жидкапе) village nearby Krakės town.

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190276—    
192391+0.86%
1959159+1.56%
197099−4.22%
YearPop.±% p.a.
197937−10.36%
198924−4.24%
200125+0.34%
201132+2.50%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011
Jewish cemetery of Krakės

References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.