Wikipedia / Stolin district
Wikipedia / Stolin district
Stolin district (; ) is district (raion) in Brest region, Belarus. Its administrative center is in the city of Stolin. At the 1999 Belarusian census, the district had a population of 89,000 people, of which 26,300 people lived in urban areas. As of 2024, it has a population of 68,640.
History
It was established on January 15, 1940.
Geography
The district covers and borders the country of Ukraine to its south.
Demographics
At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, the district had a population of 80,695. Of these, 97.3% were of Belarusian, 1.2% Russian and 0.9% Ukrainian ethnicity. 83.2% spoke Belarusian and 14.7% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 69,462.
Administrative divisions
The district is subdivided into two cities and 19 village councils, which administer a total of 97 settlements (1 urban and 96 rural). The two cities are Stolin, the administrative center of the district, and Davyd-Haradok. There is one urban-class village, Rechytsa, which is classified as a worker settlement.
Name | Status | Settlements | ||
Столін | Столин | city of rayon sub-ordinance | ||
Давыд-Гарадок | Давид-Городок | city of rayon sub-ordinance | ||
Белавушскі сельсавет | Белоушский сельский Совет | village council | 2 | |
Беражноўскі сельсавет | Бережновский сельский Совет | village council | 6 | |
Велікамалешаўскі сельсавет | Большемалешевский сельский Совет | village council | 5 | |
Веляміцкі сельсавет | Велемичский сельский Совет | village council | 4 | |
Відзіборскі сельсавет | Видиборский сельский Совет | village council | 11 | |
Глінкаўскі сельсавет | Глинковский сельский Совет | village council | 5 | |
Гараднянскі сельсавет | Городнянский сельский Совет | village council | 7 | |
Лядзецкі сельсавет | Лядецкий сельский Совет | village council | 4 | |
Манькавіцкі сельсавет | Маньковичский сельский Совет | village council | 2 | |
Альшанскі сельсавет | Ольшанский сельский Совет | village council | 3 | |
Плотніцкі сельсавет | Плотницкий сельский Совет | village council | 5 | |
Радчыцкі сельсавет | Радчицкий сельский Совет | village council | 5 | |
Рамельскі сельсавет | Ремельский сельский Совет | village council | 4 | |
Рубельскі сельсавет | Рубельский сельский Совет | village council | 2 | |
Рухчанскі сельсавет | Рухчанский сельский Совет | village council | 6 | |
Стружскі сельсавет | Стружский сельский Совет | village council | 11 | |
Фядорскі сельсавет | Федорский сельский Совет | village council | 2 | |
Харомскі сельсавет | Хоромский сельский Совет | village council | 5 | |
Рэчыцкі сельсавет | Речицкий сельский Совет | village council | 8 |
Notable people
Helena Skirmunt, painter and sculptor
Nadzeya Ostapchuk, athlete
See also
References