Rimšė
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Rimšė | |
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Town | |
 Church of the Holy Trinity in Rimšė | |
  Rimšė Location of Rimšė | |
| Coordinates: 55°31′20″N 26°26′40″E / 55.52222°N 26.44444°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Utena County |
| Municipality | Ignalina district municipality |
| Eldership | Rimšė eldership |
| Capital of | Rimšė eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 208 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Rimšė (Polish: Rymszany) is a town in the Ignalina district municipality, Utena County, Lithuania,[1] center of the Rimšė Eldership.
History
[edit]In the interwar period it belonged to the Wilno Land/Wilno Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic, together with the municipality (gmina) of which it was the capital: Rymszany Municipality. According to the 1921 Polish census, the town had a population of 290, 52.1% Jewish and 42.1% Polish.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ignalina district municipality
- ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część II (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1923. p. 12.
