Avižieniai vʲɪ'ʒʲɪenʲɪaiis a village in Vilnius District Municipality,

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, west of the A2 Vilnius-Panevėžys highway. The village had the population of 2,125 as of 2011, which grew to 2,318 inhabitants in 2021 (according to the national census results) and is a centre of

Avižieniai Eldership Avižieniai Eldership ( lt, Avižienių seniūnija) is an eldership in Lithuania, located in Vilnius District Municipality, northwest of Vilnius. It is the most populous eldership in the municipality. Geography The eldership has a hillfort ...

. During the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

period, a gardening farm (specialized kolkhoz) was formed in Avižieniai, which territorially also covered what is now Fabijoniškės and

Pašilaičiai Pašilaičiai is an eldership in the Vilnius City Municipality Vilnius ( , ; see also #Etymology and other names, other names) is the capital and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (ac ...

microdistrict Microdistrict, or microraion (russian: микрорайо́н, ''mikrorajón''), is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Socialist st ...

s in Vilnius. Avižieniai are famous for its manufacturing: motor vehicle bus manufacturer – ALTAS komercinis transportas with more than 200 employees,Altas Komercinis Transportas
/ref> smaller steel furniture factory and other industry.

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Villages in Vilnius County Vilnius District Municipality {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub