# Plinkaigalis

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**Plinkaigalis** (formerly Russian: Плинтагола, Polish: *Plintagoła*)[1] is a village in [Kėdainiai district municipality](/source/K%C4%97dainiai_district_municipality), in [Kaunas County](/source/Kaunas_County), in central [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania). According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 319 people.[2] It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from [Krakės](/source/Krak%C4%97s), along the Krakės-[Betygala](/source/Betygala) road, on the right bank of the [Šušvė](/source/%C5%A0u%C5%A1v%C4%97) river, on the shore of the [Plinkaigalis Lake](/source/Plinkaigalis_Lake).

There is the Plinkaigalis hillfort on the confluence of the Šušvė and Žiedupė. Also an ancient burial place with rich [grave goods](/source/Grave_goods) had been found nearby.

## History

Plinkaigalis village is known since [1595](/source/1595). In [1632](/source/1632) eleven families lived here and six in [1662](/source/1662). During the 18th century the village once had been deserted but later repopulated as the Krakės manor settlement. During the Soviet era it was a *[kolkhoz](/source/Kolkhoz)* center.[3]

## Demography

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1902 63 — 1923 91 +44.4% 1959 70 −23.1% 1970 156 +122.9% 1979 159 +1.9% 1986 216 +35.8% 1989 303 +40.3% 2001 384 +26.7% 2011 319 −16.9%

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

## References

1. ["2011 census"](http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.

1. "Plinkaigalis" (in Lithuanian). *[Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija](/source/Taryb%C5%B3_Lietuvos_enciklopedija)*. Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 398.

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