Byaroza District

District of Brest Region, Belarus

District in Brest Region, Belarus

Byaroza District Бярозаўскі раён (Belarusian) Берёзовский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 52°31′58″N 24°58′39″E / 52.53278°N 24.97750°E / 52.53278; 24.97750
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Formed	1940
Administrative center	Byaroza
Government
• Chairman	Vyacheslav Metlitsky^[1]
Area
• District	1,405.74 km² (542.76 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[2]
• District	57,767
• Density	41/km² (110/sq mi)
• Urban	39,360
• Rural	18,407
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	bereza.brest-region.gov.by

Byaroza District or Biaroza District^[3] (Belarusian: Бярозаўскі раён; Russian: Берёзовский район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Byaroza.^[2] The district is located in the northwest of the historical region of Polesia. As of 2024, it has a population of 57,767.^[2]

History

The district was formed in 1940 after the Soviet annexation of Western Belarus.

In 1958–1967 the Byaroza hydroelectric power station was built. The town of Byelaazyorsk was built for the power station workers in 1958.

There are two biological reserves in the district, near villages Sporava and Buslowka.

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Byaroza District had a population of 66,988. Of these, 90.8% were of Belarusian, 5.7% Russian, 1.8% Ukrainian and 1.0% Polish ethnicity. 61.7% spoke Belarusian and 36.2% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 58,350.^[4]

Economics

There are industry enterprises in the raion producing agricultural products, ceramics, construction materials, textiles.

An important railway branch connecting Brest and Minsk goes through the Byaroza district. Its main railway stations are Byaroza-Kartuzskaya, Bronnaya Hara and Byelaazyorsk.

Places of interest

Orthodox Charnyakawskaya church of St. Nicholas (1725)
Carthusian monastery ruins, Byaroza
Homestead of the Puslowski family in Pyeski, 19th century
Roman Catholic Church of St. Virgin Mary, Sihnyevichy (1795)
Chernoye Lake (tenth the largest lake in Belarus)^[5]

Notable people

Aleś Razanaŭ (1947, Sialiec - 2021), Belarusian writer, poet and translator.^[6]

References

^ "В трех районах Брестской области появились новые руководители исполнительной "вертикали"В трех районах Брестской области появились новые руководители исполнительной "вертикали"". www.ganc-chas.by (in Russian). 2022-12-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^ "Разанаў Алесь" [Razanaŭ Aleś]. slounik.org (in Belarusian). Archived from the original on 2005-05-15. Retrieved 2021-09-12.