Didžioji Riešė

Village in Lithuania

Coat of arms

54°48′11″N 25°15′50″E / 54.80306°N 25.26389°E / 54.80306; 25.26389Country

LithuaniaCounty

Vilnius CountyMunicipalityVilnius District MunicipalityEldershipRiešė EldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total2,520Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Didžioji Riešė (Lithuanian pronunciation: [dʲɪ'd͡ʒʲɪoːjɪ rʲɪe'ʃʲeː]) is a village and administrative centre of Riešė eldership, Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located only about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north-west of Vilnius city municipality, on the road Vilnius–Molėtai. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 2,520.^[1] That was an increase from the 2001 census which recorded the population of 1,142.^[2]

History

During the Soviet occupation, it was a central settlement of a Soviet farm.^[3]

In 2017, the official coat-of-arms was authorized.^[4]

References

^ "Gyventojai gyvenamosiose vietovėse". Statistics Lithuania. 2013-01-25. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
^ Vilniaus apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 130. ISBN 9955-588-04-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
^ "Didžioji Riešė". www.vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2021-01-06.
^ "Didžioji Riešė". www.vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2021-01-06.