Lyasny | |
Native Name: | |
Settlement Type: | Agrotown |
Flag Size: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Minsk Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Minsk District |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 21,638 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 54.0044°N 27.6847°W |
Lyasny (Belarusian: Лясны|Liasny; Russian: Лесной|Lesnoy) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of selsoviet.[2] It is located north of the capital Minsk, from its center and about 6km (04miles) from the Minsk Ring Road (the approximate boundary of Minsk).[3] In 1999, it had a population of 8,350.[3] As of 2023, it has a population of 21,638.[4]
It received the status of agrotown in 2010 according to the "State program for the revival and development of rural areas, for years 2005–2010".[5]
In 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Lyasny and the neighboring village of Barawlyany, together with two other adjacent settlements, Vopytny settlement and Lyeskawka village, into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned.[6]