Elektrėnai
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| District : | Vilnius | ||
| Municipality : | Elektrėnai | ||
| Founded : | 1962 | ||
| Coordinates : | 54 ° 47 ' N , 24 ° 40' E | ||
| Height : | 100 m | ||
| Area (place) : | 21 km² | ||
| Community area : | 509 km² | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 13,664 (2010) | ||
| Population density : | 651 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Inhabitant (municipality) : | 28.093 | ||
| Population density : | 55 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+370) 528 | ||
| Postal code : | 26100-26132 | ||
| License plate : | V | ||
| Status: | City “genuine” municipality |
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| Structure : | 8 administrative districts | ||
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Elektrėnai is a Lithuanian city about 40 kilometers west of the capital Vilnius on the banks of the reservoir of the same name . In 2010 it had 13,664 inhabitants. Mayor is Arvydas Vyšniauskas.
Elektrėnai is the seat of a self-governing municipality with 28,093 inhabitants and the seat of one of the 8 administrative districts of this municipality.
history
Together with the construction of the oil and gas turbine power station , the city, whose name refers to electricity , was founded in 1962. In the past few years, this power plant has only led a shadowy existence in competition with the Ignalina nuclear power plant and only a fraction of its capacity (1800 MW) was used. After the closure of Ignalina in 2009, this power plant again became the largest electricity producer in Lithuania.
The cityscape is characterized by prefabricated buildings from the 1960s and 1970s. The large modern St. Mary's Church was built in 1996 after the country's independence as a response to the long years as the first atheistic model town in the former Soviet Republic of Lithuania.
Sports
With Energija Elektrėnai , the city is home to an internationally renowned ice hockey club .
sons and daughters of the town
- Rūta Rikterė (* 1963), pianist, music teacher, professor
- Darius Kasparaitis (* 1972), ice hockey player and coach
- Šarūnas Kuliešius (born 1977), ice hockey player
- Dainius Zubrus (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Mindaugas Kieras (* 1980), ice hockey player
- Darius Pliskauskas (* 1980), ice hockey player
- Artūras Katulis (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Dalius Vaiciukevičius (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Darius Lelėnas (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Petras Nausėda (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Donatas Kumeliauskas (* 1987), ice hockey player
- Algimantas Visockas (* 1987), ice hockey player
- Tadas Kumeliauskas (* 1990), ice hockey player
- Povilas Verenis (* 1990), ice hockey player
- Nerijus Ališauskas (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Pijus Rulevičius (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Aivaras Bendžius (* 1993), ice hockey player
- Mauras Baltrukonis (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Aimas Fiščevas (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Ugnius Čižas (born 1995), ice hockey player
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Footnotes
- ↑ Martin Rücker : The old man and the light. Over 40 years ago, Elektrenai was the socialist future city par excellence - now the European future of Lithuania is being tinkered with. In: Sächsische Zeitung , March 26, 2004.