Avižieniai

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Avižieniai

Total population

2,125

Coordinates54.76°, 25.18°

Demographic figures from Statistics Lithuania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Avižieniai [avʲɪ'ʒʲɪenʲɪai] is a town in Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the A2 Vilnius-Panevėžys highway. The village had a population of 2,125 as of 2011, which grew to 2,318 inhabitants in 2021 and is a centre of Avižieniai Eldership. During the Soviet period, a gardening farm was formed in Avižieniai, which territorially also covered what is now Fabijoniškės and Pašilaičiai microdistricts in Vilnius. Avižieniai is famous for its manufacturing: motor vehicle bus manufacturer – ALTAS komercinis transportas with more than 200 employees, smaller steel furniture factory and other industry.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Jerzy Radziwiłł

Catholic cardinal (1556-1600)

Ludomir Sleńdziński

Polish painter (1889-1980)

Zelig Reuven Bengis

Israeli rabbi (1864–1953)

Eustachy Kajetan Sapieha

Peerage person ID=348280 (1797–1860)

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Wincenty Bałzukiewicz

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Miron Akimovich Ljubovsky

Russian physician (1876–1952)

Juozapas Skvireckas

Catholic archbishop

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Hillel Noah Maggid

historian (1829–1903)

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Aleksander Śnieżko

Polish poet

Helena Stankiewicz

Polish writer (1904-1996)

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Kamil Mackiewicz

Polish artist (1886–1931)

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Karolis Snežko

Lithuanian politician

Konstanty Parczewski

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Algimantas Mykolas Stankevičius

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Feliksas Mieliauskas

Konstantinas Parčevskis

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.