Jakšiai

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|subdivision_name3 =Pernarava Eldership

|population_as_of = 2011

|population_total = 138

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Jakšiai (formerly {{langx|ru|Якши}}, {{langx|pl|Jaksze}}) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 138 people. It is located {{convert|4|km}} from Pernarava, by the Vikšrupis river, nearby the Pernarava-Šaravai Forest.

History

An ancient stone axe has been found in Jakšiai. There was a windmill during the Interwar Period. While under Soviet control, it was a subsidiary settlement of "Salomėja Nėris" kolkhoz.

Demography

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|1820|92

|1902|111

|1923|147

|1959|136

|1970|113

|1979|189

|1985|202

|1989|184

|2001|180

|2011|138

| source = [https://kresy.genealodzy.pl/gub_wil_87/kowno_wlasc.html 1902], [http://www.epaveldas.lt/recordDescription/LNB/C1B0002365127 1923], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/w/images/7/79/Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1959_ir_1970.pdf 1959 & 1970], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1979.pdf 1979], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1989.pdf 1989], [https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/212976/Kauno_apskritis.pdf/8593b78f-5d58-4f1a-aed1-d108f07398ae 2001], [http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en 2011]}}

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References

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{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 21, 2017}}

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