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Iwye Іўе (Belarusian)
Town
View of the town, August 2010
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Iwye
Coordinates: 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
• Total	7,089
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	231337
Area code	+375 1595
License plate	4

Iwye (Belarusian: Іўе, romanized: Iŭje, 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. 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.

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

Notable people

• Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940), rabbi of Vilnius
• Moshe Shatzkes (1881–1958), rabbi of Iwye

Notes

1. Official transliteration.

References

1. ^ "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.
2. Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 217. ISBN 985-458-098-9.

External links

• In memory of the Jewish community of Iwye
• Photos on Radzima.org
• Website of local television "Ивье ТВ"
• Iwye at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Iwye, Belarus at JewishGen

v t e Subdivisions of Grodno Region, Belarus
Districts (raiony)	Ashmyany Astravyets Byerastavitsa Dzyatlava Grodno Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Shchuchyn Slonim Smarhon Svislach Vawkavysk Voranava Zelva
District centres	Grodno Astravyets Ashmyany Dzyatlava Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Slonim Smarhon Shchuchyn Svislach Vawkavysk Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa Voranava Zelva
Cities and towns	Grodno Astravyets Ashmyany Bruzgi Byarozawka Dzyatlava Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Skidzyel' Slonim Smarhon Shchuchyn Svislach Vawkavysk Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa

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