Grodno district

{{Short description|District of Grodno Region, Belarus}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Grodno district |native_name = {{native name|be|Гродзенскі раён}}<br />{{native name|ru|Гродненский район}} |image_flag = Сцяг Гродзенскага раёна.jpg |flag_size = 150 |image_shield = Герб Гродзенскага раёна.jpg |shield_size = 75 |image_map = Belarus, Hrodzienskaja voblasć, Hrodzienski rajon.png |coordinates = {{Coord|53|40|N|23|49|E|type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-itwiki|display=title,inline}} |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 = [[Grodno]] |area_total_km2 = 2,594.05 |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 = 48,494 |population_urban = 10,632 |population_rural = 37,862 |population_density_km2 = auto |elevation_m = |timezone = [[Moscow Time|MSK]] |utc_offset = +3 }}

'''Grodno district''' or '''Hrodna district''' ({{langx|be|Гродзенскі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Гродненский район}}) is a [[districts of Belarus|district]] ([[raion]]) of [[Grodno region]] in [[Belarus]]. The administrative center is [[Grodno]], which is administratively separated from the district.<ref name="pop"/> As of 2024, it has a population of 48,494.<ref name="pop"/>

== Notable residents == * [[Andżelika Borys]] (born 1973), Polish activist in Belarus<ref>{{cite web |title=Polish activist released from Belarusian prison |url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/polish-activist-released-from-belarusian-prison-29123 |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref> * [[Tadevuš Kandrusievič]] (born 1946, [[Odelsk|Adelsk]]), Belarusian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev from 2007 to 2021<ref>[https://www.voiceofbelarus.com/metropolitan-of-minsk-and-mogilev-archbishop-tadeusz-kandrusievicz-has-not-been-allowed-to-cross-the-belarusian-border/ Metropolitan of Minsk-Mogilev Archbishop Tadevuš Kandrusievič has not been allowed to cross the Belarusian border], voiceofbelarus.com. Accessed 13 August 2022.</ref> * [[Makar Kraŭcoŭ]] (1891–1939), participant in the Belarusian independence movement, writer and a victim of Stalin's purges who authored the lyrics of "[[Vajacki marš]]" (a popular patriotic song)<ref> [http://www.slounik.org/149438.html Kraŭcoŭ, Makar], slounik.org. Accessed 13 August 2022.</ref>

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