{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> |name = Rykantai |settlement_type =Village |coordinates = {{coord|54|43|N|24|59|E|region:LT|display=inline,title}} | |pushpin_map =Lithuania |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Rykantai |image_shield = |image_skyline= |image_caption= |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{LTU}} |subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region |subdivision_name1=Aukštaitija |subdivision_type2=County |subdivision_name2=Vilnius County |subdivision_type3=Municipality |subdivision_name3=Trakai district municipality |subdivision_type4=Eldership |subdivision_name4=Lentvaris elderate | established_title= | established_date = | established_date2 = | population_total = 281 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_blank1 = |timezone=EET |utc_offset=+2 |timezone_DST=EEST |utc_offset_DST=+3 }} '''Rykantai''' is a village in Trakai district municipality, Lithuania, 7 kilometres north-west of Lentvaris. The village has a post office, a railway station and a church, Trinity Church. The Neris River flows north of the village. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, it has 281 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_06.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|access-date=August 17, 2017}}</ref>
thumb|left|Rykantai Trinity church Rykantai is known as one of the first reformats settlement in Lithuania. Rykantai is mentioned in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace as the place where General Balashov delivers a letter from Tsar Alexander to Napoleon.
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{{Vilnius County}} Category:Villages in Vilnius County {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub}}