Šilėnai ( lit. Šilėnai ) [5] is a village in the Kairayai village headman of the Šiauliai region of Šiauliai county of Lithuania . The administrative center of Šilenai Sianjunaity . [6]
| Village | |||
| Shilenai | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| lit. Šilėnai | |||
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| A country |  Lithuania | ||
| Status | village, center of sianyunaitiyi | ||
| County | Šiauliai | ||
| Area | Šiauliai | ||
| Starostvo | Kairaya | ||
| Sianyunaytiya | Šilenai | ||
| Sianyunaitis | Sianyunaytis | R. Jurgauskiene [1] ( lit. R. Jurgauskienė ) | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Former names | Shilans [2] | ||
| Center height | ≈130 [3] m | ||
| Climate type | temperate continental | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 665 [4] people ( 2001 ) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Postcode | LT-80004 | ||
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Location and General
It is located in the southern part of the Kairaya elder, 8 km south of the administrative center of the elder - the town of Kairyai , and 6 km southeast of the administrative center of the district - the city of Siauliai . [6] [7]
The village of Shilany (Shilenai) on the map of the 1860s. | Shilenai village on the map of the Red Army . (Terrain displayed as of 1897) | Šilenai village on the Lithuanian map of the 1930s. |
There is one primary school in the village, in which approximately 70 children are enrolled and 17 employees work. Also located in the village: a post office (LT-80004) and a railway station.
History
In historical sources, the first is mentioned under 1649 . But the village began to actively develop and grow after the construction of the same name station of the Libavo-Romny railway near it in the 1870s .
Administrative submission:
From 1950 to 1995, the village was part of the Kairayai apilinka . [8] Since 1995, it has been part of the Kairaya Elder. In 2009, it was included in the Šilenai Sianjunaitiya and became its administrative center.
Population
According to the 2001 Lithuanian census , 665 people lived in the village of Šilenai. [four]
| 1970 per. [9] | 1987 [10] | 2001 per. [four] |
|---|---|---|
| 360 | 604 | 665 |
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Famous residents
- Raymondas укиukis (b. 1966) - lawyer, politician, MP, Minister of Health and former Chairman of the Sejm, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior, Professor at the Law Faculty of Vilnius University.
- Eugene Lumajte (b. 1958) - poet and teacher.
Notes
- ↑ Sianyunaitiyi of the Kairaya elder (inaccessible link) (lit.)
- ↑ A sheet from a set of topographic maps of the Russian Empire by Schubert.
- ↑ Altitude data from earthtools.org
- ↑ 1 2 3 2001 Census, Šiauliai County (lit.)
- ↑ Online dictionary of toponyms of Lithuania (lit.)
- ↑ 1 2 Settlements of the Kairaya Elder. Address Register of Lithuania. (lit.)
- ↑ Map sheet N-34-11 Šiauliai . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the terrain for 1985. 1988 edition
- ↑ Lietuvos TSR administracinio-teritorinio suskirstymo žinynas , T. 2. Vilnius, “Mintis”, 1976. (lit.)
- ↑ Šilėnai. Mažoji lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija , T. 3 (R - Ž). Vilnius, Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1971, 398 psl. (lit.)
- ↑ Šilėnai. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija , T. 4 (Simno-Žvorūnė). Vilnius, Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1988, 193 psl. (lit.)