Iwye District

Iwye District (Belarusian: Іўеўскі раёнromanized: Iŭeŭski rajon) is a district (rajon) in Grodno Region of Belarus.

The administrative center is Iwye. Another notable settlement is Hieraniony (Gieraniony), a small historic town with two Category II objects of national cultural heritage (the castle and the parish church).[1]

Notable residents

  • Jan Pazniak (1887 or 1895, Subotniki – after October 1939), Belarusian politician and publisher, victim of Soviet repressions
  • Zianon Pazniak (born 24 April 1944), Belarusian politician, one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and leader of the Conservative Christian Party – BPF