Kobryn District (Belarusian: Кобрынскі раён; Russian: Кобринский район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kobryn.[1] There are 162 settlements in the district, of which one is urban and 161 are rural. Rural settlements are part of 11 selsoviets. As of 2024, the district has a population of 81,672.[1]
Kobryn District | |
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| Coordinates: 52°12′46″N 24°22′18″E / 52.21278°N 24.37167°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| Established | January 15, 1940 |
| Administrative center | Kobryn |
| Area | |
| • District | 2,039 km2 (787 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • District | 81,672 |
| • Urban | 52,635 |
| • Rural | 29,037 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Website | kobrin |
Demographics
According to the 2009 Belarusian census, the district had a population of 88,037 people,[2] of which 51,166 people lived in Kobryn, and the remaining 36,871 in rural areas. 87.9% are of Belarusian, 6.1% Russian, 4.5% Ukrainian and 0.6% Polish ethnicity. 51.2% speak Russian and 43.1% Belarusian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 82,198.[3]
Tourism
Among the attractions of the area 15 archeological monuments, 26 architectural monuments, 3 historical monument, the park is named after Suvorov.
Among the monuments in the local account, there are: 12 archeological sites; 9 ancient tombs and boulders; 35 monuments of the cult-building; 9 estates; 3 historical monument and a memorial plaque dedicated to the War of 1812; 9 historical monuments from the First World War and the Russo-Polish War (6 military cemeteries from World War I); 5 historical times Kobrinschiny part II of Poland; 93 monuments of the Second World War; 14 monuments of the famous countrymen and government leaders. Also near the village tract in Lyahchitsy Kniazha Mountain is the tomb, which is buried in the national tradition Saint Olga.