Vidiškės
Encyclopedia
Vidiškės is a village in Ignalina district municipality
, in Utena County
, southern Lithuania
. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 1084 people.
Ignalina district municipality
- Structure :District structure:* 2 cities – Dūkštas and Ignalina;* 3 towns – Mielagėnai, Rimšė and Tverečius;* 726 villages.Largest population :*Ignalina – 6591*Didžiasalis – 1744*Vidiškės – 1084*Dūkštas – 1070*Kazitiškis – 383*Strigailiškis – 334...
, in Utena County
Utena County
Utena County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the most sparsely-populated county in Lithuania. The capital and the largest city in the county is Utena, which is located from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania...
, southern Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 1084 people.
Famous citizens
- Algimantas ŠalnaAlgimantas ŠalnaAlgimantas Šalna is a former Olympic biathlete.Šalna won gold medals in World Championships as a relayist in 1983 and 1985. As a member of the Soviet relay team, he won a Gold Medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics - he was the first Lithuanian-born athlete to win a medal in the Winter Olympics...
(b. 1959), Lithuanian biathlete, World and Olympic champion.