Didžioji_Riešė

Didžioji Riešė

Didžioji Riešė

Village in Lithuania

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]

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


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