Rūdiškės

Town in Dzūkija, Lithuania

Coat of arms

54°31′0″N 24°50′0″E / 54.51667°N 24.83333°E / 54.51667; 24.83333Country

LithuaniaEthnographic regionDzūkijaCounty

Vilnius CountyMunicipalityTrakai district municipalityEldershipRūdiškės eldershipCapital ofRūdiškės eldershipFirst mentioned1774Granted town rights1958Population

(2021)

• Total1,962Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Rūdiškės (pronunciation^ⓘ; Polish: Rudziszki; Belarusian: Рудзішкі) is a town in the Trakai district municipality, Lithuania about 15 km south of Trakai.

During the interwar period it was part of the Second Polish Republic.

Until 2003 FK Vėtra was based in Rūdiškės. In 2003 FK Vėtra won bronze medals in the elite division and reached LFF Cup finals and the same year it was relocated to Vilnius. Now the town has its FK Rūdiškės football club.

Population

In 2011, the town had a population of 2300: Lithuanians - 50,83% (1169), Poles - 36,17% (832), Russians - 8,52% (196), Belarusians - 2,26% (52), Ukrainians - 0,7% (16), others - 1,52% (35).^[1]