Lyasny
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Coordinates: 54°00′16″N 27°41′05″E / 54.00444°N 27.68472°E | |
Country | Belarus |
Region | Minsk Region |
District | Minsk District |
Population (2023)
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• Total | 21,638 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( MSK) |
Lyasny ( Belarusian: Лясны, romanized: Liasny; Russian: Лесной, romanized: Lesnoy) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. [2] It serves as the administrative center of Barawlyany selsoviet. [3] [4] It is located north of the capital Minsk, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from its center and about six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road (the approximate boundary of Minsk). [4] In 1999, it had a population of 8,350. [4] As of 2023, it has a population of 21,638. [1]
It received the status of agrotown in 2010 according to the "State program for the revival and development of rural areas, for years 2005–2010". [5]
In 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Lyasny and the neighboring village of Barawlyany, together with two other adjacent settlements, Vopytny settlement and Lyeskawka village, into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned. [6]
Lyasny
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Coordinates: 54°00′16″N 27°41′05″E / 54.00444°N 27.68472°E | |
Country | Belarus |
Region | Minsk Region |
District | Minsk District |
Population (2023)
[1] | |
• Total | 21,638 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( MSK) |
Lyasny ( Belarusian: Лясны, romanized: Liasny; Russian: Лесной, romanized: Lesnoy) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. [2] It serves as the administrative center of Barawlyany selsoviet. [3] [4] It is located north of the capital Minsk, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from its center and about six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road (the approximate boundary of Minsk). [4] In 1999, it had a population of 8,350. [4] As of 2023, it has a population of 21,638. [1]
It received the status of agrotown in 2010 according to the "State program for the revival and development of rural areas, for years 2005–2010". [5]
In 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Lyasny and the neighboring village of Barawlyany, together with two other adjacent settlements, Vopytny settlement and Lyeskawka village, into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned. [6]