Lyepyel District Explained

Official Name:Lyepyel District
Native Name:
Flag Size:150
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Vitebsk Region
Seat Type:Administrative center
Seat:Lyepyel
Area Total Km2:1,822.22
Population As Of:2023
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:30,737
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3

Lyepyel District (Belarusian: Лепельскі раён; Russian: Лепельский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region, Belarus.[2] The administrative center is Lyepyel.[1]

The 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade is located as of 2012 in Zaslonovo, a few kilometres west of Lyepyel.

Today this district is famous for its health resorts surrounded by lakes and forest. The largest lake among them is Lyepyelskoye.[3] The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is located in the district, with Domzheritsy village serving as its administrative centre.

The Vula river flows through this district.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/. 17 April 2023. belsat.gov.by. 5 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Vitebsk regions . vitebsk-region.by . Belarusian . 11 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111014181003/http://www.vitebsk-region.by/ . 14 October 2011 .
  3. Web site: Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus . Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. . 2011 . Land of Ancestors . 6 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929085748/http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/238-main-characteristics-of-the-largest-lakes-of-belarus.html . 29 September 2013 . dead .