Rūdiškės (; pl, Rudziszki; be, Рудзішкі) is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in the Trakai district municipality,

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about 15 km south of Trakai. During the

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it was part of the

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. Until 2003 FK Vėtra was based in Rūdiškės. In 2003 FK Vėtra won bronze medals in the elite division and reached

LFF Cup The Lithuanian Football Federation Cup ( lt, Lietuvos futbolo federacijos taurė), also known as Hegelmann LFF Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian football cup competition contested in a knockout tournament format. The winner of the 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).

Sister cities

Zalewo Zalewo (german: Saalfeld in Ostpreußen) is a town in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,977 inhabitants (2008). History The settlement was founded in the 13th century and was granted town rights in 1305. During the Na ...

, Poland "Miasta partnerskie"
Zalewo city portal

References

Cities in Vilnius County Cities in Lithuania Troksky Uyezd Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) Trakai District Municipality {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub