Avižieniai vʲɪ'ʒʲɪenʲɪaiis a town in

Vilnius District Municipality Vilnius District Municipality () is one of the 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital city of Vilnius on three sides. The municipality is also bordered by Trakai District Municipality, Trakai district and Elektr ...

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, 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 (according to the national census results) and is a centre of Avižieniai Eldership. During the

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period, a gardening farm (specialized

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...

) was formed in Avižieniai, which territorially also covered what is now

Fabijoniškės Fabijoniškės located in the northern part of Vilnius, is one of the newest districts of Vilnius municipality, built in the late 1980s to early 1990s in the territory of former Fabijoniškės village. Fabijoniškės was the production site of the ...

and

Pašilaičiai Pašilaičiai is an elderships of Lithuania, eldership in Vilnius, Lithuania. It occupies . According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 33,056.

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s in Vilnius. Avižieniai is 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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