Iŭje

Also known as Ivia, Vija, Iwia, Iwie, Iŭe, Ivje, Iwje

Iwye is a town in Grodno region, Belarus. It is the administrative center of Iwye district. , Iwye has a population of 6,906.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Iwye
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Вид на костёл г.Ивье.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Grodno
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Iwye
Settlement.leader_name: <!-- Unsourced:
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned

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Geography
History
Architecture
Demographics
Notable people
See also
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Iwye is a town in Grodno region, Belarus. It is the administrative center of Iwye district. , Iwye has a population of 6,906.

Iwye was historically a multicultural settlement with a Jewish majority, but nearly all of the town's Jews were killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust. The architecture of many buildings in Iwye were influenced by the town's historical Lipka Tatar community.