Astravyets district

{{Short description|District of Grodno region, Belarus}} {{Redirect|Ostrowiec District|the administrative region in Southern Poland|Ostrowiec County}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}} {{more references|date=August 2023}} {{expand Belarusian|date=February 2024|topic=geo}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Astravyets district |native_name = {{native name|be|Астравецкі раён}}<br />{{native name|ru|Островецкий район}} |image_flag = Flag of Astraviec.svg |flag_size = 150 |image_shield = BIA Ostrowiec COA.svg |shield_size = 75 |image_map = Belarus, Hrodzienskaja voblasć, Astraviecki rajon.png |settlement_type = [[Districts of Belarus|District]] |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Belarus]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Belarus|Region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Grodno region]] |seat_type = Administrative center |seat = [[Astravyets]] |area_total_km2 = 1,568.77 |population_as_of = 2024 |population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{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=13 May 2024}}</ref> |population_total = 28,662 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_urban = 15,116 |population_rural = 13,546 |elevation_m = |timezone = [[Moscow Time|MSK]] |utc_offset = +3 }}

'''Astravyets district''' or '''Astraviec district'''<ref>Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)</ref> ({{langx|be|Астравецкі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Островецкий район}}) is a [[districts of Belarus|district]] ([[raion]]) of [[Grodno region]] in [[Belarus]]. The administrative center is [[Astravyets]].<ref name="pop"/> As of 2024, it has a population of 28,662.<ref name="pop"/>

== History == * 1940 – Astravyets District was established in [[Vilyeyka Region]]

* 1941 – the area was bombed and then occupied by German troops

* 1944 – Soviet partisans liberated Astravyets and the district became part of [[Molodechno Region]].

* 1960 – the district became part of [[Grodno Region]]

* 1991 – the [[Belarus|Republic of Belarus]] became independent

* 2007 – the heraldic symbols of Astravyets and Astravyets District were officially recognized

* 2011 – construction began on the [[Astravets nuclear power plant|nuclear power plant]] in Astravyets District<ref>{{Cite web |title=Astravyets NPP - Nuclear Heritage |url=https://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Astravyets_NPP |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=www.nuclear-heritage.net}}</ref>

* 2012 – Astravyets received the status of city

== Administrative divisions == Astravyets district is divided into 9 village soviets: * Vornyansky * Gherviatsky * Gudogaysky * Mihalishkovskiy * Astravyets * Podolsky * Rytan * Spondovo * Trokenik

== Notable residents ==

* [[Napoleon Cybulski]] (1854 – 1919), Polish physiologist * [[Adam Maldzis]] (1932, Rasoly village – 2022), Belarusian historian, literary critic and scholar<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ceremony in Minsk marks 80th birthday of renowned literary scholar Adam Maldzis - EuroBelarus|url=https://en.eurobelarus.info/news/archive/2012/08/09/ceremony_in_minsk_marks_80th_birthday_of_renowned_literary_scholar_adam_mal.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=en.eurobelarus.info|language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://ostrovets.grodno-region.by/ Ostrovets regional executive committee (Official site)] * [http://www.ostrovets.info/inform/istoria.php Нistory of Ostrovets District] * [http://www.ostrovets.by/ Newspaper ''Ostrovetskaya Pravda'' (Official site)]

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