Didžioji Riešė

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]

Didžioji Riešė
Village
Church of Didžioji Riešė
Coat of arms
Didžioji Riešė Location of Didžioji Riešė
Coordinates: 54°48′11″N 25°15′50″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Vilnius County
Municipality	Vilnius District Municipality
Eldership	Riešė Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,520
Time zone	UTC+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.