Didžioji Riešė

Didžioji Riešė [dʲɪ'd͡ʒʲɪoːjɪ rʲɪe'ʃʲeː] is a village and administrative centre of Riešė eldership, Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Vilnius, on the road VilniusMolėtai. 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]

Didžioji Riešė
Village
Church of Didžioji Riešė
Didžioji Riešė
Location of Didžioji Riešė
Coordinates: 54°48′11″N 25°15′50″E
Country Lithuania
County Vilnius County
MunicipalityVilnius District Municipality
EldershipRiešė Eldership
Population
 (2011)
  Total2,520
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Fragment of Didžioji Riešė residential housing

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

  1. "Gyventojai gyvenamosiose vietovėse". Statistics Lithuania. 2013-01-25. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  2. 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.
  3. "Didžioji Riešė". www.vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  4. "Didžioji Riešė". www.vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2021-01-06.


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