Kobryn district

Kobryn District Кобрынскі раён (Belarusian) Кобринский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 52°12′46″N 24°22′18″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
Established	January 15, 1940
Administrative center	Kobryn
Area
• District	2,039 km^2 (787 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	81,672
• Urban	52,635
• Rural	29,037
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	kobrin.brest-region.by

Kobryn District (Belarusian: Кобрынскі раён; Russian: Кобринский район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kobryn.[1] There are 162 settlements in the district, of which one is urban and 161 are rural. Rural settlements are part of 11 selsoviets. As of 2024, the district has a population of 81,672.[1]

Demographics

According to the 2009 Belarusian census, the district had a population of 88,037 people,[2] of which 51,166 people lived in Kobryn, and the remaining 36,871 in rural areas. 87.9% are of Belarusian, 6.1% Russian, 4.5% Ukrainian and 0.6% Polish ethnicity. 51.2% speak Russian and 43.1% Belarusian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 82,198.[3]

Tourism

Among the attractions of the area 15 archeological monuments, 26 architectural monuments, 3 historical monument, the park is named after Suvorov.

Among the monuments in the local account, there are: 12 archeological sites; 9 ancient tombs and boulders; 35 monuments of the cult-building; 9 estates; 3 historical monument and a memorial plaque dedicated to the War of 1812; 9 historical monuments from the First World War and the Russo-Polish War (6 military cemeteries from World War I); 5 historical times Kobrinschiny part II of Poland; 93 monuments of the Second World War; 14 monuments of the famous countrymen and government leaders. Also near the village tract in Lyahchitsy Kniazha Mountain is the tomb, which is buried in the national tradition Saint Olga.

References

1. "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
2. Результаты переписи 2009 года Archived 2012-05-23 at archive.today // Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь.
3. "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.