Šilainiai

Šilainiai

Šilainiai is an elderate in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, built as a microdistrict in the 1980s. It is one of the largest elderates in the city, covering 25.33 hectares, and housing over 70,000 people as of 2006. Eighth and ninth forts of the Kaunas Fortress are located in the elderate.

The elderate is home to one gymnasium (Santaros) and five secondary schools (Jonas Basanavičius, Juozas Grušas, Milikoniai, Šilainiai and Ąžuolas Catholic Secondary School).

References

*lt icon [http://silainiai.kaunas.lt/ City of Kaunas - Šilainiai Elderate Website]

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