Grodno district

Grodno district or Hrodna district (Belarusian: Гродзенскі раён; Russian: Гродненский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno region in Belarus. The administrative center is Grodno, which is administratively separated from the district.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 48,494.^[1]

Grodno district Гродзенскі раён (Belarusian) Гродненский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°40′N 23°49′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno region
Administrative center	Grodno
Area
• District	2,594.05 km2 (1,001.57 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	48,494
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
• Urban	10,632
• Rural	37,862
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Notable residents

• Andżelika Borys (born 1973), Polish activist in Belarus^[2]
• Tadevuš Kandrusievič (born 1946, Adelsk), Belarusian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev from 2007 to 2021^[3]
• Makar Kraŭcoŭ (1891–1939), participant in the Belarusian independence movement, writer and a victim of Stalin's purges who authored the lyrics of "Vajacki marš" (a popular patriotic song)^[4]