Kunioniai

55°12′22″N 23°49′30″E / 55.20611°N 23.82500°E / 55.20611; 23.82500Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipJosvainiai EldershipPopulation • Total321Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kunioniai (Kunionys, formerly Russian: Куняны, Polish: Kuniany)^[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 321 people.^[2] It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Josvainiai, nearby the Šušvė river, by the Josvainiai-Kampai II road. There are library, agriculture companies, farms. Former Jasnagurka manor is located next to Kunioniai.

Kunioniai is known since 1593. It developed alongside the ancient road to Kaunas and probably belonged to the Josvainiai manor. There was a small Jewish community which hosted a tavern, distillated vodka and baked cakes. There was a watermill on the Vikšrupis river and four wooden crosses made by Vincas Svirskis (did not survive till nowadays). The first school was opened in 1929. During the Soviet era Kunioniai was a kolkhoz center.^[3] Between 1950 and 1988 it was a Kunioniai selsovet center.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1820 128 —     1892 295 +1.17% 1902 295 +0.00% 1923 141 −3.45% 1959 231 +1.38% 1970 193 −1.62%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 321 +5.82% 1985 409 +4.12% 1989 475 +3.81% 2001 545 +1.15% 2011 321 −5.16%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011