Loyew District

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Loyew District
Лоеўскі раён (Belarusian)
Лоевский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Loyew District
Flag
Coat of arms of Loyew District
Coat of arms
Location of Loyew District
Country Belarus
VoblastFlag of Homyel Voblast.svg Gomel
SeatLoyew
Government
 • ChairmanBaikova Veronika Anatolyevna[1]
Area
 • District1,045.53 km2 (403.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • District12,024
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Urban
6,739
 • Rural
5,285
Ethnicity
[3]
 • Belorusian92.92%
 • Russian4.39%
 • Ukrainian1.84%
 • Other0.85%
Spoken Languages
[3]
 • Belorusian64.4%
 • Russian32.5%
 • Other3.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Towns1
Rural Councils7
Settlements71
WebsiteOfficial website

Loyew District or Lójeŭski Rajon (Belarusian: Лоеўскі раён, romanized: Lojeŭski rajon; Russian: Лоевский район, romanized: Loyevsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Belarus located in the Gomel Region. Its administrative center is Loyew.

History[]

The Battle of Loyew took place in 1649 where a numerically superior force of Ukrainian Cossacks under the command of Cossack warleaders Stepan Pobodailo and Mykhailo Krychevsky was defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of hetman Janusz Radziwiłł.[4]

The district was founded on 8 December 1926. It has been a part of the Gomel Region since 1938, after administrative reforms introduced regions in Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). The district was dissolved for several years in the 1960s, being abolished in December 1962 and reinstated in July 1966. It has been a district of Belarus since its independence from the USSR in 1991.[citation needed]

Geography[]

The area of the district is 1,046 km2 (404 sq mi). Forest makes up 37.7% of the district's land use, with 43.4% used for agricultural purposes as of 2010.[5] It is bordered in the west and north by Brahin, Khoiniki, Rechytsa, and Gomel districts of the same region, and in the east - along the Dnieper and partly along its tributary of the Sozh - with the Chernigov oblast of Ukraine. The largest body of water is the . It contains the .

Demographics[]

The population of the district was 12,024 as of 2017, with 6,739 living in Loyew and 5,285 living in rural settlements. The population density of the district is 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi). The ethnic composition in the 2009 census was 92.9% Belorusian, 4.4% Russian, and 1.8% Ukrainian. The mother tongue of 87% of the population was Belorusian and for 11.6% Russian. Belorusian is spoken at home by 64.4% of the population and Russian by 32.5% of the population.[2] The district's population has been in decline since the 1960s.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
195927,377—    
197024,615−10.1%
197922,503−8.6%
198920,402−9.3%
199918,013−11.7%
2009[3]14,346−20.4%
2017[2]12,024−16.2%

Administrative Division[]

The district encompasses one urban settlement and seven rural councils, which contain a total of 71 settlements.[6][7]

English Name Belarusian Name Russian Name Type Villages Population 2009[3]
Lójeŭ Ло́еў Лоев urban settlement 7,022
Быва́лькаўскі Бывальковский rural council 12 949
Ка́рпаўскі Карповский rural council 6 589
Каўпе́нскі Колпенский rural council 6 1,375
Малі́наўскі Малиновский rural council 11 936
Ручаёўскі Ручаёвский rural council 9 669
Стра́дубскі Страдубский rural council 18 2,032
Убо́ркаўскі Уборковский rural council 9 774

References[]

  1. ^ "District Executive Committee". www.loev.gomel-region.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Population as of 1 January 2017 and the average annual population in 2016 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities, and townships". www.belstat.gov.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Final census data of the population of the Republic of Belarus in 2009". census.belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  4. ^ The Battle of Loyew in 1649: on whose side were the Belarusians? (Бітва пад Лоевам 1649 года: на чыім баку беларусы?)
  5. ^ State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus (1 Jan 2011). "State Land Cadastre of the Republic of Belarus". www.gki.gov.by (in Russian).
  6. ^ "Geographic location". www.lelchitsy.gomel-region.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  7. ^ "STATEKARTGEOCENTER". maps.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.


Coordinates: 51°56′00″N 30°48′04″E / 51.93333°N 30.80111°E / 51.93333; 30.80111


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