Rural councils of Belarus
Appearance

Rural councils of Belarus (Belarusian: сельсаветы, Russian: сельсоветы, selsoviets) are the lowest-level rural territorial units of the country. They are subordinated to districts of Belarus. If a rural council includes agrotowns, then one of them is the administrative center of the rural council, with some exceptions.[1]
The system was introduced in 1924, when the whole Soviet Union replaced its administrative division inherited from the Russian Empire.[2]
According to the 2009 Belarusian census, the numbers of rural councils were:
- Brest region: 222[3]
- Gomel region: 259[4]
- Grodno region: 178 [5]
- Minsk region: 294[6]
- Mogilev region: 192[7]
- Vitebsk region: 200[8]
According to the 2019 Belarusian census, the numbers of rural councils were:
- Brest region: 195[9]
- Gomel region: 242[10]
- Grodno region: 155 [11]
- Minsk region: 216[12]
- Mogilev region: 152[13]
- Vitebsk region: 191[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Закон Республики Беларусь от 5 мая 1998 г. №154-З "Об административно-территориальном делении и порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Беларусь"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- ^ РАЙОНИРОВАНИЕ. АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО-ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНОЕ ДЕЛЕНИЕ СТРАНЫ.
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/bresckaja.htm
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/homielskaja.htm
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/hrodzienskaja.htm
- ^ Populated places of Minsk region, 2009
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/mahilouskaja.htm
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2009/viciebskaja.htm
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/bresckaja.htm
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/homielskaja.htm
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/hrodzienskaja.htm
- ^ Populated places of Minsk region, 2019
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/mahilouskaja.htm
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-census-2019/viciebskaja.htm