Kamyenyets district or Kamieniec districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Brest region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kamyenyets. As of 2024, it has a population of 31,088.
Geography The westernmost point of Belarus is situated in Kamyenyets District, a few kilometers southwest from Vysokaye on the Bug River.
Demographics At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Kamyenyets district had a population of 39,143. Of these, 83.2% were of Belarusian, 7.4% Ukrainian, 6.7% Russian and 1.7% Polish ethnicity. 52.1% spoke Russian and 43.0% Belarusian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 31,476.
Notable residents
Usievalad Ihnatoŭski (1881, Takary village - 1931), Belarusian politician, scholar and the first president of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus"Ihnatoŭski Ŭsievaład". www.slounik.org Romuald Traugutt (1826, Šastakova village – 1864), general and war hero best known for commanding the January Uprising of 1863Рамуальд Траўгут на Кобрыншчыне (Romuald Traugutt in the Kobryn area) (in Belarusian)Імёны Свабоды: Рамуальд Траўгу (The Names of Freedom: Romuald Traugutt) (in Belarusian)
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