Lyasny ( be, Лясны, Liasny; russian: Лесной, Lesnoy) is an
agrotown
An agro-town is an agglomeration in a rural environment with a population of several thousands but whose workforce's main occupation is agriculture. An agro-town also lacks the administrative, commercial and industrial functions that are usually ...
in
Minsk District,
Minsk Region,
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. It serves as the administrative center of
selsoviet
Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...
.
It is located north of the capital
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
, from its center and about from the
Minsk Ring Road (the approximate boundary of Minsk).
In 1999, it had a population of 8,350.
As of 2023, it has a population of 21,638.
History
It received the status of agrotown in 2010 according to the "State program for the revival and development of rural areas, for years 2005–2010".
In 2021, Belarusian president
Alexander Lukashenko suggested to merge Lyasny and the neighboring village of
Barawlyany, together with two other adjacent settlements,
Vopytny settlement and
Lyeskawka village, into a city with a population of about 70,000, but soon the idea was abandoned.
References
Agrotowns in Belarus
Populated places in Minsk Region
Minsk District
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