Vidiškės is a village 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 ...
, southern
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 931 people.
The village has a church (built in 1906) and Vidiškės manor (from XVII C.) with its 6 buildings. Between Varnio Lake and Vidiškės manor there is a large park. The village has a gymnasium, a library and a post office (ZIP code: 30030).
Etymology
Vidiškės is a possessive place name, a derivative of the suffix ''-iškės'' and the Lithuanian masculine given name ''Vidas''.
In other languages, the village was formerly known as: .
Famous citizens
*
Algimantas Šalna
Algimantas Šalna (also transliterated Shalna, born 12 September 1959) is a former Lithuanian, Soviet biathlete.
Šalna won gold medals during the World Championships as a relayist in 1983 and 1985. As a member of the Soviet relay team, he won ...
(b. 1959), Lithuanian biathlete, World and Olympic champion.
References
Villages in Utena County
Ignalina District Municipality
{{UtenaCounty-geo-stub