Alkiškiai is a village in
Akmenė district municipality, in
Šiauliai County
Šiauliai County ( lt, Šiaulių apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the north of the country, and its capital is Šiauliai. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Šiauliai County rem ...
, in northwest
Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 374 people.
The village is located near the
Dabikinė river.
Famous villagers
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Jānis Buivids
Jānis Buivids (Janis Buivydas) (8 September 1864 – 2 April 1937) was a general in the Latvian Army. He participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War.
Biography
Buivids was born in Alkiškiai, in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian ...
(1864–1937),
Latvian army general.
References
Akmenė District Municipality
Villages in Šiauliai County
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