Didžiasalis is a town in
Ignalina district municipality
Ignalina District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
Structure
District structure:
* 2 cities – Dūkštas and Ignalina;
* 3 towns – Mielagėnai, Rimšė and Tverečius;
* 726 villages.
* Ignalina District Municipality ...
, in
Utena County
Utena County () is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the country's most sparsely populated county. The capital and the largest city in the county is Utena, which is from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. On 1 July 2010, the county admini ...
, North Eastern
Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1299 people.
The town is near the border with
Belarus
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.
Due to fall of
Soviet Union
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town lost its main industry and suffered significant population loss of 60%. Many soviet built apartments were left empty. In 2019,
Lithuanian National Television called this town Lithuanian
Chernobyl
Chernobyl, officially called Chornobyl, is a partially abandoned city in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, to the north of Kyiv and to the southwest of Gomel in neighbouring Belarus. ...
.
Demographics
References
Ignalina District Municipality
Villages in Utena County
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