Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa

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Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa
Вялікая Бераставіца (Belarusian)
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Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa
Coordinates: 53°11′44″N24°01′15″E / 53.19556°N 24.02083°E / 53.19556; 24.02083
Country Belarus
Region Grodno Region
District Byerastavitsa District
Elevation
161 m (528 ft)
Population
 (2025) [1]
  Total
5,647
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
231778
Area code +375 1511

Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa [a] is an urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, Belarus. [1] It serves as the administrative center of Byerastavitsa District. [1] It is located near the city of Grodno. As of 2025, it has a population of 5,647. [1]

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History

Town hall, 1882 Bierastavickaja ratusa. Berastavitskaia ratusha (A. Kazarski, 1882).jpg
Town hall, 1882

It was granted by King Alexander Jagiellon to the Chodkiewicz family. [2] It was a private town of the Chodkiewicz, Mniszech, Potocki and Kossakowski families, [2] administratively located in the Grodno County in the Troki Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In the interwar period, Brzostowica Wielka, as it was known in Polish, was administratively located in the Grodno County in the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland. In the 1921 census, 51.4% people declared Jewish nationality, 43.5% declared Polish nationality and 5.1% declared Belarusian nationality. [3]

During World War II, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.[ citation needed ]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18781,694    
19211,371−19.1%
20235,665+313.2%
20245,728+1.1%
20255,647−1.4%
Source: [2] [3] [4] [5] [1]

Notable people

Notes

  1. Belarusian: Вялікая Бераставіца, romanized: Vialikaja Bierastavica; Russian: Большая Берестовица, romanized: Bolshaya Berestovitsa; Polish: Brzostowica Wielka; Yiddish: וויאַליקייַאַ ביעראַסטאַוויצאַ.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Численность населения на 1 января 2025 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2024 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warszawa. 1880. p. 422.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom V (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 32.
  4. "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 5 August 2023.
  5. "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 13 May 2024.