Tiskūnai
# Tiskūnai

Tiskūnai (formerly Russian: Тыскуны) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 427 people. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Kėdainiai, nearby the Nevėžis river, by its tributary the Žalesys and a pond on it. There is a library, a former school, a community house, an ostrich farm.

## History

An ancient stone axe has been found in Tiskūnai. The village developed during the Soviet era, when it became a center of the "Rised Sod" kolkhoz.

## Demography

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| - | - | - |
| 1902 | 95 | — |
| 1923 | 77 | −1.00% |
| 1959 | 143 | +1.73% |
| 1970 | 227 | +4.29% |
| 1979 | 346 | +4.79% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1987 | 437 | +2.96% |
| 1989 | 400 | −4.33% |
| 2001 | 481 | +1.55% |
| 2011 | 427 | −1.18% |

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

## Images

* Tiskūnai school
* Tiskūnai entrance
* Žalesys Pond in Tiskūnai
* Ostrich farm
