Kuigaliai
Kuigaliai | |
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Village | |
Kuigaliai | |
| Coordinates: 55°10′53″N 24°05′50″E / 55.18139°N 24.09722°E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| County | Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Jonava |
| Eldership | Žeimiai Eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 409 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kuigaliai is a village in Jonava district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania, located 8 km west of Žeimiai, along highway 144 (Jonava-Kėdainiai–Šeduva), and about 20 km northwest of Jonava. The Barupė River, a tributary of the Nevėžis, flows through the village, forming the Kuigaliai Pond. Kuigaliai serves as the center of its seniūnaitija (subdistrict).[1]
The village has a 0.34 MW straw-fired heating plant and established fruit orchards.[2]
History
Previously, the village had the Kuigaliai Manor. At the end of the 19th century, Kuigaliai and the manor estate (then owned by the Kognovickis family) were recorded as covering about 390 desiatins of land.[3]
A primary school was founded in 1923; from 1989 to 1998 it operated as a nine-year school, and since 1998 it was converted into the Barupė Basic School (according to the school reform in Lithuannia[4]). From 1950 to 1992, Kuigaliai served as the central settlement of the Barupė horticultural sovkhoz. In 1961, a library, cultural center, post office, and outpatient clinic were established.[5]
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 409 people.[6]
References
- ^ "Kuigaliai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
„Kuigãliai, kaimas Jonavos rajono savivaldybės teritorijoje, Žeimių seniūnijoje, 8 km į vakarus nuo Žeimių. … Per Kuigalius teka Barupė (Nevėžio intakas)."
- ^ Šiaudų kuras [Straw Fuel] (PDF) (Report) (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Respublikos Energetikos ministerija [Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania]. 2007. p. 26. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
Kuigaliai – 1 katilas, 0,340 MW – 0,340 MW.
- ^ Kujgole. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, t. XV, cz. 2 (Januszpol — Żyżkowo; Aleksin — Wola Justowska), Warszawa, 1902, p. 190 (in Polish).
- ^ pagrindinė mokykla
- ^ Kuigaliai, Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, vol. XI (Kremacija – Lenzo taisyklė), Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2007, p. 200 (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved July 24, 2017.