Medekšiai
# Medekšiai

Medekšiai (formerly Russian: Медекши, Polish: Medeksze) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 184 people. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Kėdainiai, by the Šerkšnys river, alongside the Jonava-Šeduva (KK144) road. A phosphogypsum waste dump of "Lifosa" fertilizer factory is located next to Medekšiai.

## History

Medekšiai has been known since the 15th century. King Jogaila presented the village to a certain Proszczy whose nickname was Medekša. Pranciškus Medekša, a judge of Kovensky Uyezd, had been native of this family. In the end of the 19th century Medekšiai was a property of the Geištarai. Činkiai village and Slabadėlė folwark belonged to the Medekšiai Manor.

During the Soviet era, Medekšiai was a subsidiary settlement of the "Spike" kolkhoz.

## Demography

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| - | - | - |
| 1902 | 99 | — |
| 1923 | 111 | +0.55% |
| 1959 | 277 | +2.57% |
| 1970 | 313 | +1.12% |
| 1979 | 295 | −0.66% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1986 | 245 | −2.62% |
| 1989 | 225 | −2.80% |
| 2001 | 202 | −0.89% |
| 2011 | 184 | −0.93% |

Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 :

## Images

* Medekšiai from Nociūnai side
* A monument to the forefathers of poet Justinas Marcinkevičius
* "Lifosa" phosphogypsum "mountains"
