Eiguliai
eldership in Kaunas County, Lithuania
Eiguliai is a neighborhood in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. Eiguliai elderate encompass Eiguliai, Kleboniškis and part of Kalniečiai neighbourhoods. Elderate itself is located on the left bank of the Neris River. The distance from Eiguliai neighborhood to Kaunas centre is approximately 6 km. The settlement was a small village until it was incorporated into Kaunas in 1959 and a residential microdistrict was built in 1979. The 7th Fort of the Kaunas Fortress are located in this eldership. The borough borders Dainava in the east, Žaliakalnis in the south, Vilijampolė and Šilainiai in the west and Domeikava with Lapės in the north. It has 40,453 inhabitants which represent 13.82 % of the population of Kaunas city municipality. It has a microclimate, that makes eiguliai a subarctic climate (Koppen climate classification: Dfc). Eiguliai is one of 2 areas in Lithuania with a subarctic climate.
“Eiguliai” enters the record as eldership in Kaunas County, Lithuania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Eiguliai, eldership and Kaunas can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Eiguliai” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Eiguliai, eldership and Kaunas provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5349180. Authority coordinates are 54.931, 23.932. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1959 and 1979.
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