Iwye

Iwye Іўе
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Iwye
Coordinates: 53°55′N 25°46′E / 53.917°N 25.767°E / 53.917; 25.767
Country	Belarus
Voblast	Hrodna Region
Raion	Iwye district
Mentioned	1444
Population
• Total	9,684
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	231337
Area code(s)	+375 1595
License plate	4

Iwye (Belarusian: Іўе [ˈiʊje]; Russian: Ивье [ˈivʲjɪ] Iv'ye; Polish: Iwje; Yiddish: אייוויע Eyvye) is a town and former shtetl in Belarus in the Hrodna Province, 158 km east of Hrodna. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maladzyechna. The population of Iwye is 8,900 (1995).

People

• Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rav of Vilnius, born in Iwye
• Moshe Shatzkes, Rav of Iwye, 1913–1941

Sights

• Saints Peter and Paul Church
• Old wooden mosque

External links

• In memory of the Jewish community of Iwye
• Photos on Radzima.org
• Website of local television "Ивье ТВ"

Subdivisions of Grodno Region, Belarus Districts (raiony) Ashmyany Astravyets Byerastavitsa Dzyatlava Hrodna Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Navahrudak Shchuchyn Slonim Smarhon’ Svislach Vawkavysk Voranava Zel’va District centres Hrodna Astravyets Ashmyany Dzyatlava Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Navahrudak Slonim Smarhon’ Shchuchyn Svislach Vawkavysk Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa Voranava Zel’va Cities Hrodna Astravyets Ashmyany Dzyatlava Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Navahrudak Skidzyel’ Slonim Smarhon’ Shchuchyn Svislach Vawkavysk Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa

Coordinates: 53°55′N 25°46′E / 53.917°N 25.767°E / 53.917; 25.767