Valozhyn
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Valozhyn or Volozhin is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Valozhyn District. It is located northwest of the capital Minsk, on the Valozhynka River in the Neman River basin, and the beginning of the Naliboki forest. In 1995, its population was approximately 11,500. As of 2025, it has a population of 9,923.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Valozhyn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Valozhyn town.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Vałožyn, Belarus.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Vałožyn, Belarus.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Minsk Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Valozhyn District
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 14th century
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.683
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Валожын
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Located in
- Oshmyany County
- Population
- 9840
- Area
- 7.6832
- Elevation
- 203
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Valožynski sieĺsaviet
- Official website
- volozhin.gov.by
- Image
- St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Valozhyn town.jpg
- Dialing code
- 1772
- Coat of arms
- Coats of arms of Valožyn
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- Commons category
- Valožyn
- category for people born here
- Q8049621
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Valozhyn
- topic's main category
- Category:Valožyn
- postal code
- 222340
- romanization of Belarusian (2007 system)
- Valožyn
- native label
- Валожын
- time of earliest written record
- 1400-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Arzamas
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- Jewish Yeshiva
- The Holocaust
- Climate
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- External links
Valozhyn or Volozhin is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Valozhyn District. It is located northwest of the capital Minsk, on the Valozhynka River in the Neman River basin, and the beginning of the Naliboki forest. In 1995, its population was approximately 11,500. As of 2025, it has a population of 9,923.
Before World War II, about half the town's population were Jewish but they were murdered during the Holocaust.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valozhyn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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