Lojeu
| Lojeu | Loev | |||
| Лоеў | Лоев | |||
| ( Belarus. ) | ( Russian ) | |||
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 Belarus
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| Woblasz : |
 Homel
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| Founded : | 1505 | ||
| Coordinates : | 51 ° 56 ' N , 30 ° 48' E | ||
| Area : | 6.768433 km² | ||
| Residents : | 6,739 (2017) | ||
| Population density : | 996 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | Moscow time ( UTC + 3 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+375) 2347 | ||
| Postal code : | 247095 | ||
| License plate : | 3 | ||
| Community type: | Urban-type settlement | ||
| Mayor : | Syergjej Nikoljewitsch Dmitrov | ||
| Postal address : | ул. Ленина, 2 247095, г.п. Лоев |
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Lojeu ( Belarusian Лоеў , Russian Лоев / Lojew ) is an urban-type settlement in the southeast of Belarus with 6,739 inhabitants (2017).
geography
Lojeu is the administrative, economic and cultural center of Lojeu Raion within Homelskaya Woblasz .
The village with an area of 676.8433 ha is located on the right bank of the Dnieper opposite the mouth of the Sosh in it. The Dnepr forms the border to the Ukrainian Oblast Chernihiv from the village . Lojeu is connected to the Belarusian road network by the trunk roads R 32 and R 125 and is located about 100 km south of Homel and 60 km southeast of the city of Retschyza with the nearest train station.
history
In the village, first mentioned in writing in 1505, a two-day battle of the Khmelnyzkyi uprising took place between the defeated troops of the Ukrainian hetman Bohdan Chmelnyzkyj and the victorious troops of the Polish field hetman Janusz Radziwiłł , in the course of which more than 12,000 soldiers were killed.
In 1861 there were 361 farms, two Orthodox churches and two Jewish schools in Lojeu. The population was mainly Orthodox. The first public school was built in 1863. By 1914 the village had 8,000 inhabitants and a bridge over the Dnieper to connect with Chernihiv and Kiev .
During the Russian Civil War , Lojeu was occupied by Polish troops. In a counter-offensive by the Dnepr flotilla, as a result of which the Dnepr bridge was destroyed, the village was liberated again.
Between August 1941 and October 16, 1943, the place was occupied by Nazi Germany .
Lojeu has been an urban-type settlement since 1938.
Population development
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Web links
- Lojeu website (Russian)
- Sights in Lojeu on radzima.org (Belarusian)
- Website for the location on interfax.by (Belarusian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Population of Belarusian localities , on pop-stat.mashke.org ; accessed on May 30, 2017 (Russian)
- ↑ a b Geography of the village on the Lojeus website; accessed on May 30, 2017 (Russian)
- ^ The regional newspaper, number 185-186 , page 3; from December 1, 2011 (Belarusian)
- ↑ Lojeu local history on rzecz-pospolita.com ; accessed on May 31, 2017 (Polish)
- ↑ a b History of the village on the Lojeus website; accessed on May 30, 2017 (Russian)