Iwye | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Flag Size: | 150 |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Grodno Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Iwye District |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1444 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 7,089 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 53.9167°N 71°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 231337 |
Area Code: | +375 1595 |
Blank Name: | License plate |
Blank Info: | 4 |
Iwye (Belarusian: Іўе|Iŭje, in Belarusian pronounced as /ˈiʊje/; Russian: Ивье|Ivye, pronounced as /ru/; Lithuanian: Yvija; Polish: Iwje; Yiddish: איוויע|Ivye) is a town and former shtetl in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Iwye District.[1] [2] It is located east of Grodno. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. The population of Iwye was 8,900 in 1995. As of 2024, it has a population of 7,089.
It was the site of a dangerous rescue mission by the Bielski Brothers in late 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, as the area was occupied during Operation Barbarossa.