Kamyenyets District

Kamyenyets District or Kamieniec District^[2] (Belarusian: Камянецкі раён; Russian: Каменецкий район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kamyenyets.^[1][3] As of 2024, it has a population of 31,088.^[1]

Kamyenyets District Камянецкі раён (Belarusian) Каменецкий район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 52°23′20″N 23°48′46″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Administrative center	Kamyenyets
Area
• District	1,705.32 km2 (658.43 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	31,088
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
• Urban	13,200
• Rural	17,888
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	kamenec.brest-region.gov.by

Geography

The westernmost point of Belarus is situated in Kamyenyets District, a few kilometers southwest from Vysokaye on the Bug River.^[4]

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Kamyenyets District had a population of 39,143. Of these, 83.2% were of Belarusian, 7.4% Ukrainian, 6.7% Russian and 1.7% Polish ethnicity. 52.1% spoke Russian and 43.0% Belarusian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 31,476.^[5]

History

Main article: The Holocaust in the Kamyenyets District

Notable residents

• Usievalad Ihnatoŭski (1881, Takary village - 1931), Belarusian politician, scholar and the first president of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus^[6]
• Romuald Traugutt (1826, Šastakova village – 1864), general and war hero best known for commanding the January Uprising of 1863^[7][8]

References

1. "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.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2010). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Брэсцкая вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 160. ISBN 978-985-458-198-9.
4. "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. The Scientific and Production State Republican Unitary Enterprise “National Cadastre Agency” of the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
5. "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 13 August 2023.
6. "Ihnatoŭski Ŭsievaład". www.slounik.org
7. Рамуальд Траўгут на Кобрыншчыне (Romuald Traugutt in the Kobryn area) (in Belarusian)
8. Імёны Свабоды: Рамуальд Траўгу (The Names of Freedom: Romuald Traugutt) (in Belarusian)