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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name        = Eiguliai<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kaunas.lt/seniunijos/eiguliu-sen/|title = Kauno miesto savivaldybė Apie mus (Eigulių seniūnija)}}</ref>
| settlement_type      = Eldership
| image_skyline        = Namas Sakura Kaune.JPG
| image_caption        = Sukilėlių prospect
| image_shield         =
| image_map            = Eiguliai.png
| map_caption          = Location of Eiguliai within Kaunas
| coordinates          = {{coord|54|56|N|23|56|E|region:LT|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type     = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name     = {{flag|Lithuania}}
| subdivision_type1    = [[Counties of Lithuania|County]]
| subdivision_name1    = [[Kaunas County]]
| subdivision_type2    = [[Municipalities of Lithuania|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2    = [[Kaunas city municipality]]
| subdivision_type3    = Elder of Eiguliai
| subdivision_name3    = Ovidijus Adomaitis
| population_total     = 39,371
| population_as_of     = 2021
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.registrucentras.lt/p/853|title = Statistinės suvestinės &#124; VĮ Registrų centras}}</ref><ref>[https://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/gyventoju-ir-bustu-surasymai1 gyventojų ir būstų surašymas]</ref>
| timezone             = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset           = +2
| timezone_DST         = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset_DST       = +3
| area_code            = +370
}}
'''Eiguliai''' is neighborhood in the city of [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]. Eiguliai [[Elderships of Lithuania|elderate]] encompass Eiguliai, [[Kleboniškis]] and part of [[Kalniečiai]] neighbourhoods. Elderate itself is located on the left bank of the [[Neris]] River. The distance from Eiguliai neighborhood to Kaunas centre is approximately 6 km. The settlement was a small village until it was incorporated into Kaunas in 1959 and a residential [[microdistrict]] was built in 1979. The 7th Fort of the [[Kaunas Fortress]] are located in this eldership. The borough borders [[Dainava (Kaunas)|Dainava]] in the east, [[Žaliakalnis]] in the south, [[Vilijampolė]] and [[Šilainiai]] in the west and [[Domeikava]] with [[Lapės]] in the north. It has 40,453 inhabitants which represent 13.82 % of the population of [[Kaunas city municipality]].
== Cemetery ==
A number of famous people were buried in the Eiguliai cemetery:<ref>{{cite web | title = Kaunas City Municipality ward Eiguliai page | url = http://eiguliai.kaunas.lt/|accessdate=March 19, 2010|language=lt}}</ref>
* [[Jonas Bulota]] (1855–1942), organist, veterinarian
* [[Stepas Butautas]] (1925–2001), sports activists
* [[Klemensas Čerbulėnas]] (1912–1986), ethnographer and art critic, architectural historian
* [[Valerija Čiurlionytė-Karužienė]] (1896–1991), cultural activist
* [[Saulius Gricius]] (1963–1991), deputy of Kaunas Council, leader of the Green political movement in Lithuania
* [[Dalia Grinkevičiūtė]] (1927–1987), doctor and writer about experiences of Lithuanian exiles near the [[Laptev Sea]]
* [[Bronė Kurmytė-Monkevičienė]] (1913–1975), actress
* [[Rapolas Okulič-Kazarinas]] (1856–1919), aviator, helped to organize the [[Lithuanian Armed Forces]]
* [[Petras Tarasenka]] (1892–1962), archaeologist, colonel
* [[Vytautas Rauba]]  1899-1920 aviator, helped to organize the [[Lithuanian Armed Forces]] First dead Lithuanian pilot who had his own medal
* Circus performers: Francas Černiauskas, Pranas Gudauskas, Maksimilianas Truci (''Massimiliano Truzzi''), Konstantinas Feroni, Mykolas Vilenčikas, Antanas Pilkauskas, Jonas Ramanauskas, Vladislava Variakojienė (Stankutė), Jadvyga Ramanauskienė (Stankutė) and others.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kaunas.lt/ Website of Kaunas city]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kaunas}}
*[http://www.registrucentras.lt/p/853 Centre of Registers]
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods of Kaunas]]
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