Pajieslys

Pajieslys (formerly Russian: Поесли, Polish: Pojeśle)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 254 people.[2] It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Krakės, by the Jiesla rivulet, nearby its confluence with the Šušvė. There is a wooden Catholic church of St. Mary (built in 1913), a library, and a school. The Pajieslys Geomorphological Sanctuary is located nearby. Pajieslys hosts an ISKCON community.[3]

Pajieslys
Village
Pajieslys is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Pajieslys
Pajieslys
Location in Lithuania
Pajieslys is located in Lithuania
Pajieslys
Pajieslys
Pajieslys (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°20′38″N 23°40′01″E
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipKrakės Eldership
Population
 (2011)
  Total254
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

The first church in Pajieslys had been built in 1857. Till the Soviet era there was the Pajieslys manor. Later the settlement was transformed into a kolkhoz and selsovet (1950–1988) center.[4]

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190213    
192345+6.09%
195964+0.98%
1970156+8.44%
1979204+3.03%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1986170−2.57%
1989201+5.74%
2001165−1.63%
2011254+4.41%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Notable people

  • Teodora Urszula Piłsudska (1811–1886), grandmother of Józef Piłsudski, buried in the Pajieslys Church cemetery.

Images

References

  1. "Pojeśle". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 478.
  2. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. Donatas Glodenis (2010-01-21). "Pajieslio kaimo gyventojai išsigando krišnaistų". religija.lt.
  4. "Pajieslys". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 267.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.