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Nemėžis
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Nemėžis () is a village in the Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania, it is located only about east of Vilnius. It is located south-east of Vilnius along a railway.

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Place details

Locality
Nemėžis
Region
Vilniaus apskritis
Country
Lietuva
Population
2,241
Timezone
Europe/Vilnius

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Key facts

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Nemėžis
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Niemież
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Location of Nemėžis
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Tatar mosque in the Tatar cemetery of Nemėžis
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Country
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County
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Vilnius County
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Municipality
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Vilnius district municipality
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Eldership
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Nemėžis eldership
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Capital of
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1496

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Lipka Tatars
  • Nemėžis estate
  • Demographics
  • References
  • External links

Nemėžis () is a village in the Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania, it is located only about east of Vilnius. It is located south-east of Vilnius along a railway.

== History == It is believed that there was a castle in Nemėžis during the reign of Vytautas the Great (1392–1430). The settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1496 when Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander Jagiellon welcomed his future wife Helena of Moscow here.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nemėžis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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