Grodno District Explained

Official Name:	Grodno District
Native Name:
Flag Size:	150
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Belarus
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Grodno Region
Seat Type:	Administrative center
Seat:	Grodno
Area Total Km2:	2,594.05
Population As Of:	2024
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	48,494
Population Urban:	10,632
Population Rural:	37,862
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	MSK
Utc Offset:	+3

Grodno District or Hrodna District (Belarusian: Гродзенскі раён; Russian: Гродненский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Grodno, which is administratively separated from the district.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 48,494.^[1]

Notable residents

• Andżelika Borys (born 1973), Polish activist in Belarus^[2]
• Tadevuš Kandrusievič (born 1946, Adelsk), Belarusian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev from 2007 to 2021^[3]
• Makar Kraŭcoŭ (1891–1939), participant in the Belarusian independence movement, writer and a victim of Stalin's purges who authored the lyrics of "Vajacki marš" (a popular patriotic song)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 13 May 2024.
2. Web site: Polish activist released from Belarusian prison . 20 May 2022.
3. https://www.voiceofbelarus.com/metropolitan-of-minsk-and-mogilev-archbishop-tadeusz-kandrusievicz-has-not-been-allowed-to-cross-the-belarusian-border/ Metropolitan of Minsk-Mogilev Archbishop Tadevuš Kandrusievič has not been allowed to cross the Belarusian border
4. http://www.slounik.org/149438.html Kraŭcoŭ, Makar