Iwye

Town in Grodno Region, Belarus

Iwye Іўе (Belarusian)
Town
View of the town, August 2010
Flag Coat of arms
53°55′N 25°46′E / 53.917°N 25.767°E / 53.917; 25.767
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
District	Iwye District
First mentioned	1444
Population (2024)^[1]
• Total	7,089
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	231337
Area code	+375 1595
License plate	4

Iwye (Belarusian: Іўе, romanized: Iŭje,^[a] IPA: [ˈiʊje]; Russian: Ивье, romanized: Ivye, IPA: [ˈivʲjɪ]; Lithuanian: Yvija; Polish: Iwje; Yiddish: איוויע, romanized: Ivye) is a town and former shtetl in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Iwye District.^[1]^[2] It is located 158 kilometres (98 mi) east of Grodno. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. The population of Iwye was 8,900 in 1995. As of 2024, it has a population of 7,089.^[1]

It was the site of a dangerous rescue mission by the Bielski Brothers in late 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, as the area was occupied during Operation Barbarossa.

Sights

Saints Peter and Paul Church
Old wooden mosque

Notable people

Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rebbe of Vilnius, born in Iwye
Moshe Shatzkes, Rebbe of Iwye, 1913–1941

Notes

^ Official transliteration.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 217. ISBN 985-458-098-9.