Luninyets District

Luninyets District or Luniniec District^[2] (Belarusian: Лунінецкі раён; Russian: Лунинецкий район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Luninyets.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 61,728.^[1]

Luninyets District Лунінецкі раён (Belarusian)
District
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Coordinates: 52°15′07″N 26°47′32″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Formed	1940
Administrative center	Luninyets
Area
• District	2,708.51 km2 (1,045.76 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	61,728
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Urban	35,814
• Rural	25,914
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	luninets.brest-region.gov.by

Demographics

Luninets District railway station

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Luninets District had a population of 73,200. Of these, 96.2% were of Belarusian, 2.5% Russian and 0.8% Ukrainian ethnicity. 76.8% spoke Belarusian and 21.9% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 62,544.^[3]

Notable residents

• Anton Sokał-Kutyłoŭski (1892 (Pieravaloki-Darahišča (renamed Čyrvonaja Horka)) - 1983), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement, a military leader of anti-Soviet resistance in the early 20th century and a Gulag prisoner.^[4]

• Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician^[5]

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. "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.
4. Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 346–347.
5. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: from 'Chernobyl child' in Ireland to political limelight