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Rūdiškės
Town
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Coat of arms
Rūdiškės Location of Rūdiškės
Coordinates: 54°31′0″N 24°50′0″E / 54.51667°N 24.83333°E / 54.51667; 24.83333
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Dzūkija
County	Vilnius County
Municipality	Trakai district municipality
Eldership	Rūdiškės eldership
Capital of	Rūdiškės eldership
First mentioned	1774
Granted town rights	1958
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,962
Time zone	UTC+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]

Sister cities

• Zalewo, Poland ^[2]

References