title: Didžioji Riešė
text: # Didžioji Riešė
  
  Didžioji Riešė (Lithuanian pronunciation: ​[dʲɪ'd͡ʒʲɪoːjɪ rʲɪe'ʃʲeː]) is a village and administrative centre of Riešė eldership, Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located only about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north-west of Vilnius city municipality, on the road Vilnius–Molėtai. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 2,520. That was an increase from the 2001 census which recorded the population of 1,142.
  
  ## History
  
  During the Soviet occupation, it was a central settlement of a Soviet farm.
  
  In 2017, the official coat-of-arms was authorized.
  
  