Loyew District

Loyew District or Lójeŭski Rajon (Belarusian: Лоеўскі раён, romanized: Lojeŭski rajon; Russian: Лоевский район, romanized: Loyevsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Belarus located in the Gomel Region. Its administrative center is Loyew.

Loyew District Лоеўскі раён (Belarusian) Лоевский район (Russian)
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Belarus
Voblast	Gomel
Seat	Loyew
Government
• Chairman	Baikova Veronika Anatolyevna[1]
Area
• District	1,045.53 km^2 (403.68 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[2]
• District	12,024
• Density	12/km^2 (30/sq mi)
• Urban	6,739
• Rural	5,285
Ethnicity [3]
• Belorusian	92.92%
• Russian	4.39%
• Ukrainian	1.84%
• Other	0.85%
Spoken Languages [3]
• Belorusian	64.4%
• Russian	32.5%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Towns	1
Rural Councils	7
Settlements	71
Website	Official website

History

The district was founded on 8 December 1926. It has been a part of the Gomel Region since 1938, after administrative reforms introduced regions in Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). The district was dissolved for several years in the 1960s, being abolished in December 1962 and reinstated in July 1966. It has been a district of Belarus since its independence from the USSR in 1991.

Geography

The area of the district is 1,046 km² (404 sq mi). Forest makes up 37.7% of the district's land use, with 43.4% used for agricultural purposes as of 2010.[4] It is bordered in the west and north by Brahin, Khoiniki, Rechytsa, and Gomel districts of the same region, and in the east - along the Dnieper and partly along its tributary of the Sozh - with the Chernigov oblast of Ukraine. The largest body of water is the Dnieper-Brahin Reservoir. It contains the Dnieper-Sozh nature preserve.

Demographics

The population of the district was 12,024 as of 2017, with 6,739 living in Loyew and 5,285 living in rural settlements. The population density of the district is 12 km² (4.6 sq mi). The ethnic composition in the 2009 census was 92.9% Belorusian, 4.4% Russian, and 1.8% Ukrainian. The mother tongue of 87% of the population was Belorusian and for 11.6% Russian. Belorusian is spoken at home by 64.4% of the population and Russian by 32.5% of the population.[2] The district's population has been in decline since the 1960s.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1959	27,377	—
1970	24,615	−10.1%
1979	22,503	−8.6%
1989	20,402	−9.3%
1999	18,013	−11.7%
2009[3]	14,346	−20.4%
2017[2]	12,024	−16.2%

Administrative Division

The district encompasses one urban settlement and seven rural councils, which contain a total of 71 settlements.[5][6]

English Name	Belarusian Name	Russian Name	Type	Villages	Population 2009[3]
Lójeŭ	Ло́еў	Лоев	urban settlement		7,022
Byváĺkaŭski	Быва́лькаўскі	Бывальковский	rural council	12	949
Kárpaŭski	Ка́рпаўскі	Карповский	rural council	6	589
Kaŭpiénski	Каўпе́нскі	Колпенский	rural council	6	1,375
Malínaŭski	Малі́наўскі	Малиновский	rural council	11	936
Ručajoŭski	Ручаёўскі	Ручаёвский	rural council	9	669
Strádubski	Стра́дубскі	Страдубский	rural council	18	2,032
Ubórkaŭski	Убо́ркаўскі	Уборковский	rural council	9	774

References

1. "District Executive Committee". www.loev.gomel-region.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
2. "Population as of 1 January 2017 and the average annual population in 2016 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities, and townships". www.belstat.gov.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
3. "Final census data of the population of the Republic of Belarus in 2009". census.belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
4. State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus (1 Jan 2011). "State Land Cadastre of the Republic of Belarus". www.gki.gov.by (in Russian).
5. "Geographic location". www.lelchitsy.gomel-region.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-17.
6. "STATEKARTGEOCENTER". maps.by. Retrieved 2018-01-17.