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Radviliškis
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Radviliškis () is a city in the Radviliškis district municipality, Šiauliai County, in north-central Lithuania. Radviliškis has been the administrative center of the district since 1950, and is an important railway junction.
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Radviliškis is a city and human settlement in Lithuania, serving as the capital of the Radviliškis District Municipality. It is located within Šiaulių apskritis and has at various times been part of the Shavelsky Uyezd. The city’s earliest written record dates to 1529. It is distinct from Nemunėlio Radviliškis.
The settlement covers an area of 17.32 square kilometers and has a population of 21,310. Its elevation above sea level is listed as 124 meters. Radviliškis is twinned with Speyer, Gniezno, Bauska, and Valka. The city is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.
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Place details
- Locality
- Radviliškis
- Region
- Šiaulių apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 16,344
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Radviliškis
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- City
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Radviliškis
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_skyline
- Radviliškis 2024g.jpg
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_caption
- Culture Center and bell tower
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_flag
- Radviliškis Flag.svg
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_shield
- Radviliškis Coat of Arms.svg
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1
- Ethnographic region
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1
- Aukštaitija
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2
- Šiauliai County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name3
- Radviliškis district municipality
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type4
- Eldership
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name4
- Radviliškis town eldershipRadviliškis eldership
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type6
- Capital of
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Shavelsky Uyezd
- Population
- 15103
- Area
- 17.32
- Elevation
- 124
- Capital of
- Radviliškis District Municipality
- Official website
- www.radviliskis.lt
- Image
- Radviliškis 2024g.jpg
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- Commons category
- Radviliškis
- topic's main category
- Category:Radviliškis
- twinned administrative body
- Khashuri
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Radviliškis
- different from
- Nemunėlio Radviliškis
- P6482
- Radviliškis
- native label
- Radviliškis
- time of earliest written record
- 1529-00-00
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- P12749
- Amatitlania
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Name and coat of arms
- Attractions
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notes
- References
- External links
Radviliškis () is a city in the Radviliškis district municipality, Šiauliai County, in north-central Lithuania. Radviliškis has been the administrative center of the district since 1950, and is an important railway junction.
==History== Radviliškis was founded at the end of the 15th century. It was first mentioned in the book on state economics by M. Downar-Zapolsky listing the cities taxpayers in 1567. In 1687, King John III Sobieski granted the right of holding a market to it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Radviliškis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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