Medininkai, Kėdainiai

55°21′11″N 23°46′30″E / 55.35306°N 23.77500°E / 55.35306; 23.77500Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipKrakės EldershipPopulation • Total62Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Medininkai ('foresters, woodsmen', formerly Russian: Мѣдники, Polish: Miedniki)^[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 62 people.^[2] It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Dotnuva town, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Meironiškiai, nearby the Smilga river, surrounded by the Josvainiai Forest and the Krakės-Dotnuva Forest. There is a former school.

At the beginning of the 20th century there were Medininkai village and estate.^[1]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1902 174 —     1923 143 −0.93% 1959 131 −0.24% 1970 136 +0.34%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 149 +1.02% 1989 102 −3.72% 2001 88 −1.22% 2011 62 −3.44%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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  Medininkai village from the Kėdainiai-Krakės road
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  An old oak tree nearby
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  Southern part of Medininkai
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  Former school building