Stolin district (; ) is district (raion) in Brest region, Belarus. Its administrative center is in the city of Stolin. At the 1999 Belarusian census, the district had a population of 89,000 people, of which 26,300 people lived in urban areas. As of 2024, it has a population of 68,640.
History It was established on January 15, 1940.
Geography The district covers and borders the country of Ukraine to its south.
Demographics At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, the district had a population of 80,695. Of these, 97.3% were of Belarusian, 1.2% Russian and 0.9% Ukrainian ethnicity. 83.2% spoke Belarusian and 14.7% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 69,462.
Administrative divisions The district is subdivided into two cities and 19 village councils, which administer a total of 97 settlements (1 urban and 96 rural). The two cities are Stolin, the administrative center of the district, and Davyd-Haradok. There is one urban-class village, Rechytsa, which is classified as a worker settlement. +NameBelarusianRussianStatusSettlementsStolinСтолінСтолинcity of rayon sub-ordinanceDavyd-HaradokДавыд-ГарадокДавид-Городокcity of rayon sub-ordinanceByelavushaБелавушскі сельсаветБелоушский сельский Советvillage council2ByerazhnoyeБеражноўскі сельсаветБережновский сельский Советvillage council6Vyalikaye MalyeshavaВелікамалешаўскі сельсаветБольшемалешевский сельский Советvillage council5VyelyamichyВеляміцкі сельсаветВелемичский сельский Советvillage council4VidziboratsВідзіборскі сельсаветВидиборский сельский Советvillage council11HlinkaГлінкаўскі сельсаветГлинковский сельский Советvillage council5HaradnayaГараднянскі сельсаветГороднянский сельский Советvillage council7LyadzyetsЛядзецкі сельсаветЛядецкий сельский Советvillage council4Man'kavitsyМанькавіцкі сельсаветМаньковичский сельский Советvillage council2Al'shanyАльшанскі сельсаветОльшанский сельский Советvillage council3PlotnitsaПлотніцкі сельсаветПлотницкий сельский Советvillage council5RadchytskРадчыцкі сельсаветРадчицкий сельский Советvillage council5Ramyel'Рамельскі сельсаветРемельский сельский Советvillage council4Rubyel'Рубельскі сельсаветРубельский сельский Советvillage council2RukhchaРухчанскі сельсаветРухчанский сельский Советvillage council6StrugaСтружскі сельсаветСтружский сельский Советvillage council11FyodoryФядорскі сельсаветФедорский сельский Советvillage council2KharomskХаромскі сельсаветХоромский сельский Советvillage council5RechytsaРэчыцкі сельсаветРечицкий сельский Советvillage council8
Notable people Helena Skirmunt, painter and sculptor Nadzeya Ostapchuk, athlete
See also
Horodno Ghetto
References