Vileyka district

{{Short description|District of Minsk region, Belarus}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Vileyka district

|native_name = {{native name|be|Вілейскі раён}}
{{native name|ru|Вилейский район}}

|image_flag = Flag of Vialejka.png

|flag_size = 150

|image_shield = Coat of Arms of Vilejka, Belarus.png

|shield_size = 75

|image_map = {{Switcher|frameless|Show map of Minsk Region|frameless|Show map of Belarus|default=1}}

|coordinates = {{Coord|54|29|N|26|55|E|region:BY_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-itwiki|display=title,inline}}

|settlement_type = District

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Belarus

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Minsk region

|seat_type = Administrative center

|seat = Vileyka

|area_total_km2 = 2453

|population_as_of = 2024

|population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|title=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|archive-date=2 April 2024|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=12 June 2024}}

|population_total = 46,075

|population_urban = 26,625

|population_rural = 19,450

|population_density_km2 = auto

|elevation_m =

|timezone = MSK

|utc_offset = +3

}}

Vileyka district or Viliejka districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) ({{langx|be|Вілейскі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Вилейский район}}) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Vileyka. As of 2024, it has a population of 46,075.

Notable residents

  • Janka Filistovič (1926, Paniacičy village – 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and a member of the underground anti-Soviet resistance in Belarus in the 1950s.Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). [https://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2020/11/07/96247f72-a7e0-4382-ad1c-ec68459cf6b7.pdf ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.)] [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 244–245.
  • Piotra Sych (1912, Baturyna village – 1963) - Belarusian writer and journalist, a Gulag prisoner [https://www.svaboda.org/a/766010.html Пётра Сыч (Piotra Sych)] (in Belarusian)

References

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{{Minsk Region}}

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