Iwye Explained

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.

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  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. 11 May 2024.
  2. Book: Gaponenko . Irina Olegovna . Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць . 2004 . Minsk . Тэхналогія . 217 . 985-458-098-9.