Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa

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Urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, Belarus

Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa Вялікая Бераставіца (Belarusian)
Urban-type settlement
Town square
Flag Coat of arms
53°11′44″N 24°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 (2024)^[1]
• Total	5,728
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	231778
Area code	+375 1511

Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa^[a] (Belarusian: Вялікая Бераставіца, romanized: Vialikaja Bierastavica;^[b] Russian: Большая Берестовица, romanized: Bolshaya Berestovitsa; Polish: Brzostowica Wielka; Yiddish: וויאַליקייַאַ ביעראַסטאַוויצאַ) 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 2024, it has a population of 5,728 .^[1]

History

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
Year	Pop.	±%
1878	1,694	—
1921	1,371	−19.1%
2023	5,665	+313.2%
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notable people

Józef Kowalewski (1801–1878), Polish orientalist, co-founder of the Philomatic Association
Andrzej Poczobut (born 1973), journalist and activist of the Polish minority in Belarus

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warszawa. 1880. p. 422.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom V (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 32.
^ "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.