Akademija, Kėdainiai

Akademija
Town
Akademija Location in Lithuania Akademija Akademija (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°23′50″N 23°51′40″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Kėdainiai district municipality
Eldership	Dotnuva Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	752
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Akademija (formerly Polish: Akademia) is a town in the Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It lies on the left bank of the Dotnuvėlė river. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 752. The Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry is located here. In 2018, the centre employed 545 people, including 187 researchers, and had 56 doctoral students. In Akademija, there is a Dotnuva manor and a large park.

Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry in Akademija

History

A school dedicated to agriculture and forestry was opened on the estate of Pyotr Stolypin in 1919. In 1922, the first plant breeding station in Lithuania was established by Dionizas Rudzinskas. In 1923, a field trial station was also set up. An agriculture academy operated here from 1924 to 1945. In 1944, the academy's main hall was exploded by the German forces, and as a result, in 1946, the academy was moved to Kaunas. In 1956 the Lithuanian agriculture institute was moved here from Vilnius and in 2010 it was renamed to The Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1923 715 —     1959 841 +0.45% 1970 919 +0.81% 1979 1,112 +2.14%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1984 1,101 −0.20% 1989 988 −2.14% 2001 873 −1.03% 2011 752 −1.48%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011