Vopytny

Vopytny
Вопытны (Belarusian)
Опытный (Russian)
Settlement
Map of Vopytny
Map of Vopytny
Vopytny is located in Belarus
Vopytny
Vopytny
Location within Belarus
Coordinates: 53°59′38″N 27°41′58″E / 53.99389°N 27.69944°E / 53.99389; 27.69944
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictMinsk District
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
368
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Vopytny (Belarusian: Вопытны; Russian: Опытный, romanized: Opytny) is a settlement in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Barawlyany rural council. It is located about seven kilometres (4.3 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, north of the capital Minsk. In 2010, it had a population of 368.

History

In 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Vopytny with the neighboring settlements of Barawlyany, Lyasny, and Lyeskawka into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Гарады і вёскі Беларусі: Энцыклапедыя. Т. 8: Мінская вобласць, кн. 3. Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі. 2012. p. 370. ISBN 978-985-11-0636-9.
  2. 1 2 Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 301. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
  3. ↑ ""Сначала нужно поднять соцстандарты на уровень городских". Что там со статусом города для Боровлян". onliner.by (in Russian). 27 April 2022.