Stolin District

Coordinates: 51°54′01″N 26°51′22″E / 51.90028°N 26.85611°E / 51.90028; 26.85611
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Stolin District
Столінскі раён (Belarusian)
Столинский район (Russian)
District
Coat of arms of Stolin District
Coat of arms
Location of Stolin District
Coordinates: 51°54′01″N 26°51′22″E / 51.90028°N 26.85611°E / 51.90028; 26.85611
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
Administrative centerStolin
Government
 • ChairmanGrigory Vasilevich Protosovitsky[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total3,342.06 km2 (1,290.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[3]
 • Urban
25,041
 • Rural
44,421
 • Total
69,462
Ethnicity
[4]
 • Belarusian97.28%
 • Russian1.15%
 • Other1.57%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Area code1655
Cities2
Rural councils19
Settlements97
WebsiteOfficial website

Stolin District (Belarusian: Столінскі раён, romanized: Stolinski rajon; Russian: Столинский район, romanized: Stolinsky rayon) is district (raion) in Brest Region, Belarus. Its administrative center is in the city of Stolin.[3] As of the 1999 Belarusian census, the district had a population of 89,000 people, of which 26,300 people lived in urban areas. As of 2023, it has a population of 69,462.[3]

History[edit]

It was established on January 15, 1940.

Geography[edit]

The district covers 3,342 square kilometres (1,290 sq mi) and borders the country of Ukraine to its south.

Demographics[edit]

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.

Administrative divisions[edit]

The district is subdivided into two cities and 19 village councils, which administer a total of 97 settlements (1 urban and 96 rural).[5] 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 Belarusian Russian Status Settlements
Stolin Столін Столин city of rayon sub-ordinance
Davyd-Haradok Давыд-Гарадок Давид-Городок city of rayon sub-ordinance
Byelavusha Белавушскі сельсавет Белоушский сельский Совет village council 2
Byerazhnoye Беражноўскі сельсавет Бережновский сельский Совет village council 6
Vyalikaye Malyeshava Велікамалешаўскі сельсавет Большемалешевский сельский Совет village council 5
Vyelyamichy Веляміцкі сельсавет Велемичский сельский Совет village council 4
Vidziborats Відзіборскі сельсавет Видиборский сельский Совет village council 11
Hlinka Глінкаўскі сельсавет Глинковский сельский Совет village council 5
Haradnaya Гараднянскі сельсавет Городнянский сельский Совет village council 7
Lyadzyets Лядзецкі сельсавет Лядецкий сельский Совет village council 4
Man'kavitsy Манькавіцкі сельсавет Маньковичский сельский Совет village council 2
Al'shany Альшанскі сельсавет Ольшанский сельский Совет village council 3
Plotnitsa Плотніцкі сельсавет Плотницкий сельский Совет village council 5
Radchytsk Радчыцкі сельсавет Радчицкий сельский Совет village council 5
Ramyel' Рамельскі сельсавет Ремельский сельский Совет village council 4
Rubyel' Рубельскі сельсавет Рубельский сельский Совет village council 2
Rukhcha Рухчанскі сельсавет Рухчанский сельский Совет village council 6
Struga Стружскі сельсавет Стружский сельский Совет village council 11
Fyodory Фядорскі сельсавет Федорский сельский Совет village council 2
Kharomsk Харомскі сельсавет Хоромский сельский Совет village council 5
Rechytsa Рэчыцкі сельсавет Речицкий сельский Совет village council 8
Historical population
YearPop.±%
195999,121—    
1970102,184+3.1%
197998,905−3.2%
198991,291−7.7%
199989,026−2.5%
2009[4]80,695−9.4%
2017[6]73,331−9.1%

Notable people[edit]

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stolin District.
  1. ^ "Head of Stolin District Executive Committee". www.stolin.brest-region.gov.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  2. ^ State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus (1 Jan 2011). "State Land Cadastre of the Republic of Belarus". www.gki.gov.by (in Russian).
  3. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Final census data of the population of the Republic of Belarus in 2009". census.belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  5. ^ "STATEKARTGEOCENTER". www.maps.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  6. ^ "Population as of 1 January 2017 and the average annual population in 2016 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities, and townships". www.belstat.gov.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-16.


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