Rūdiškės

Rūdiškės (pronunciation , Polish: Rudziszki, Belarusian: Рудзішкі, Russian: Рудзишки) is a city in the Trakai district municipality, Lithuania about 15 km south of Trakai.

Rūdiškės
City
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Coat of arms
Rūdiškės
Location of Rūdiškės
Coordinates: 54°31′0″N 24°50′0″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionDzūkija
County Vilnius County
MunicipalityTrakai district municipality
EldershipRūdiškės eldership
Capital ofRūdiškės eldership
First mentioned1774
Granted city rights1958
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,300
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

During the interwar period it was part of the Second Polish Republic.

Until 2003 FK Vėtra was based in Rūdiškės. In 2003 FK Vėtra won bronze medals in the elite division and reached LFF Cup finals and the same year it was relocated to Vilnius. Now the city has its FK Rūdiškės football club.

Population

In 2011, the city had a population of 2300: Lithuanians - 50,83% (1169), Poles - 36,17% (832), Russians - 8,52% (196), Belarusians - 2,26% (52), Ukrainians - 0,7% (16), others - 1,52% (35).[1]

Sister cities

References
  1. "Miestų gyventojai pagal tautybę 2011". osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. "Miasta partnerskie", Zalewo city portal (in Polish)
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