Veluta ( Belor. Veluta ) - agro town in the south-west of Belarus . The settlement is located in the Luninets district of the Brest region , part of the Bostynsky village council . The population of 1192 people (2009) [1] .
| Agro town | |
| Veluta | |
|---|---|
| belor Veluta | |
| A country |  Belarus |
| Region | Brest |
| Area | Luninets |
| Village council | Bostynsky |
| History and geography | |
| First mention | XVI century |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 1192 people ( 2009 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | |
| Car code | one |
Content
Geography
Veluta is located 22 km north of the town of Luninets . The agro-town stands on the left bank of the Tsna River . The Luninets - Baranavichy railway line (5 km to the west of Veluta there is the Ljushcha railway station) and the Luninets- Gantsevichi highway, with which Veluta is connected by a local road through Bostyn, passes near the village . To the north and northeast of Veluta lie extensive, partially reclaimed peatlands, to the northwest a small reservoir Veluta [2] .
Attractions
- Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, a monument to countrymen who died in the war. In 1967, the obelisk was installed [3] .
- The church that was built in the village in 1802 was lost in the post-war period [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Census results
- ↑ Map sheet N-35-126 Dyatlovichi . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the area in 1986. 1991 edition
- “The collection of monuments of history and culture of Belarus. Brest region". Minsk, publishing house Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia named after Petrus Brovka, 1990
- ↑ radzima.org