title: Tiskūnai
text: # 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
  