An agrotown (; ) is an official type of rural settlement in

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introduced by a law passed in 1998. The law defines agrotowns as well-developed

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

s with industrial and social infrastructure to ensure social standards for population living there and in the surrounding areas. The law further says that if a ''

selsoviet A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: *The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area. *The territorial subdivision administered ...

'' (rural council) has agrotowns, its administrative center must be in an agrotown. If there is more than one agrotown, the selsoviet center is assigned by the

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Council of Deputies. The Belarusian government launched the program "State program for the revival and development of rural areas, for years 2005-2010" (), which provided for the establishment of agrotowns. By the end of the time allotted for the program, i.e., by January 2011, 1,512 agrotowns were established in Belarus, with about 8,000 new houses built.Итог программы поддержки села: на самофинансирование так и не вышли
May 27, 2011

List of agrotowns

Brest Region

* Aharodniki * Dzivin * Kamyanyuki * Kazhan-Haradok *

Lyasnaya Lyasnaya may refer to: * Lyasnaya, Brest Region, agrotown in Belarus *Lyasnaya, Mogilev Region, agrotown in Belarus *, Belarus, right tributary of Western Bug The Bug or Western Bug is a major river in Central Europe that flows through Belarus ...

* Lyeninski * Makarava * Olshany * Rasna * Syalyets * Tamashowka * Volya

Gomel Region

* Baravoye *

Dovsk Dovsk or Dowsk (; ) is an Agrotown (Belarus), agrotown in Rahachow District, Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dovsk selsoviet. Clay deposits are located near town, and it is bordered by forest from east and west. ...

* Myalyeshkavichy *

Shchadryn Shchadryn or Shchedrin (; ; ) is an Agrotown (Belarus), agrotown in Zhlobin District, Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Shchadryn selsoviet. Before the Holocaust, the settlement functioned as a shtetl and was home ...

Grodno Region

* Adelsk *

Dzyarechyn Dzyarechyn (; ; ) is an agrotown in Zelva District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarechyn rural council (''selsoviet''). History Dereczyn was a private town, owned by the Kopoczewicz, Połubiński and ...

* Hyeranyony *

Hyervyaty Hyervyaty (; ; ) is an agrotown in Astravyets District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Hyervyaty selsoviet. It is located from Astravyets and from Grodno. In 1996, it had a population of 586. See also * Ch ...

Kreva Kreva (, ; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Smarhon District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Krevas selsoviet. The first mention dates to the 13th century. The toponym is derived from the name of the Krivichs tribe. ...

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Muravanaya Ashmyanka Muravanaya Ashmyanka (; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Ashmyany District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Muravanaya Ashmyanka selsoviet. It is located located northwest from Ashmyany and from the railway station A ...

* Pyershamaysk * Pyeskawtsy *

Subotniki Subotniki or Subbotniki (; ) is an agrotown in Iwye District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Subotniki selsoviet. History Subotniki was a private town of the Radziwiłł family, administratively located in ...

* Usyelyub *

Vasilishki Vasilishki (; ; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Shchuchyn District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vasilishki selsoviet. History Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vasilishki was part of Vilnius Voivodeship. In 170 ...

* Vowpa * Zhyrmuny

Minsk Region

* Abchuha * Aktsyabr * Alyakhnovichy * Asavyets *

Astrashytski Haradok Astrashytski Haradok (; ) is an Agrotown (Belarus), agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Astrashytski Haradok rural concil. It is located north of the capital Minsk and from the agrotown o ...

* Atolina * Azdzyatsichy * Azyartso * Blon * Balshavik * Budslaw * Byerazinskaye * Chachkava * Churylavichy *

Dawhinava Dawhinava (; ; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Vileyka District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located north of the capital Minsk and east-northeast of Vileyka. It serves as the administrative center of Dawhinava selsoviet. History King Stephen Ba ...

Haradok Haradok or Gorodok (, ; ; ) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Haradok District. Approximately 14,000 people reside in the town itself and around 30,000 people reside within the district, which is ...

* Hatava * Hresk *

Ilya Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia ( , or ; ; ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah." It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Eli ...

Kalodzishchy Kalodzishchy (; ) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Kalodzishchy rural council. As of 2023, it has a population of 19,898. History Kołodziszcze, as it was known in Polish, was a ...

Khatsyezhyna Khatsyezhyna (; ) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Khatsyezhyna rural council. It is located from the Minsk Ring Road, west of the capital Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capi ...

* Khazhova * Khorastava * Kishchyna Slabada * Knyahinin * Kosawka * Kraysk *

Krupitsa Krupitsa (; ) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Krupitsa rural council. It is located about from the Minsk Ring Road, south of the capital Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capit ...

Kryvichy Kryvichy (; ) may refer to the following places in Belarus: * Kryvichy, Brest Region, a village in Pinsk District, Brest Region * Kryvichy, Iwye District, a village in Iwye District, Grodno Region * Kryvichy, Lida District, a village in Lida Dist ...

* Lashany * Loshnitsa * Luhavaya Slabada *

Lyasny Lyasny () or Lesnoy () may refer to the following places in Belarus: * Lyasny, Minsk Region * * * See also * *Lyasnaya Lyasnaya may refer to: * Lyasnaya, Brest Region, agrotown in Belarus *Lyasnaya, Mogilev Region, agrotown in Belarus *, Belarus, ...

* Lyebyedzyeva * Maisyeyewshchyna * Malyya Haradzyatsichy *

Markava Markava (; ) may refer to the following places in Belarus: * Markava, Hlybokaye District, a village in Hlybokaye District, Vitebsk Region * Markava, Maladzyechna District, an agrotown in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region * Markava, Shumilina Di ...

* Mikhanavichy * Nalibaki * Narach * Navasyellye * Novy Dvor * Nyeharelaye * Pahost * Palachany * Patsyeyki * Pryluki * Pyasochnaye *

Pyatryshki Pyatryshki (; ) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Pyatryshki selsoviet. It is located about northwest of the capital Minsk. In 2001, it had a population of 1,844. In 2010, it ha ...

* Pyerasady * Rachen *

Rakaw Rakaw (; ; , ) is an agrotown in Valozhyn District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It stands on the Islach River from Valozhyn and from Minsk, the capital of Belarus. In 2001, it had a population of 2,106. History The area has been inhabited since ...

Ratamka Ratamka (; ) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Zhdanovichy rural council. It is located west of the capital Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on ...

Samakhvalavichy Samakhvalavichy (; ; ) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Samakhvalavichy selsoviet. As of 2023, it has a population of 3,047. It stretches along the right bank of Ptsich river. ...

* Sarachy * Sharshuny * Shatsk * Shchomyslitsa *

Shchytkavichy Shchytkavichy or Shchitkovichi (; ; ) is an agrotown in Staryya Darohi District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Shchytkavichy selsoviet. Toponymy The suffix ''-vichi'' or ''-wicze'', derived from Old Poli ...

* Sinyawka *

Skirmantava Skirmantava (; ) is an agrotown in Dzyarzhynsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Putchina selsoviet. It is located from Dzyarzhynsk and from the capital Minsk. As of 2009, it has a population of 617. Massacre ...

* Slabada * Sosny * Sosny 2 * Starabarysaw * Staryya Haby * Svatki * Syemyezhava *

Syenitsa Syenitsa (; ) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Syenitsa rural council. It is located from the Minsk Ring Road, south of the capital Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and ...

Syomkava Syomkava (; ) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Papyernya rural council. It is located northwest of the capital Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located ...

* Tal * Tsimkavichy * Vishnyavyets * Vishnyowka * Vyalyatsichy * Vyvyery * Yuzufova * Zamastochcha *

Zanarach Zanarach (; ) is an agrotown in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Zanarach selsoviet. It is located from Myadzyel Myadzyel or Myadel is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the ad ...

* Zembin * Zhdanovichy

Mogilev Region

* Dashkawka *

Lapichy Lapichy (; ) is an agrotown in Asipovichy District, Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located from Asipovichy and from Mogilev. It serves as the administrative center of Lapichy selsoviet. In 1998, it had a population of 1,012. History The set ...

* Lipyen *

* Lyenina * Malyatsichy * Novy Bykhaw * Paloshkava *

Svislach Svislach or Svisloch is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Svislach District. It is connected with the town Vawkavysk by a railroad branch and with Grodno city by a highway. As of 2025, it has a popula ...

* Tsyatsyeryn

Vitebsk Region

* Aboltsy * Astrowna * Babinavichy *

Druya Druja (; ; ) is an agrotown in Braslaw District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is located on the left bank of the Western Dvina, at the mouth of the Druyka River, opposite the Latvian parish of Piedruja. It is situated about northeast of Brasla ...

Dunilavichy Dunilavichy (; ; ) is an agrotown in Vitebsk Region, Pastavy District, northern Belarus. History It was a private town of the Holszański family until 1551, when it passed to King Sigismund II Augustus. Later on, it became again a private to ...

* Kamai * Klyastsitsy * Luzhki * Lyady * Prazaroki *

Smalyany Smalyany (; ) is an agrotown in Orsha District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Smalyany selsoviet. It is situated west-northwest of Orsha. History During the French invasion of Russia in 1812, Russian troo ...

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