Eastern Europe
Belarus
Minsk Region

Svir‘

Svir is an urban-type settlement in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, . As of 2025, it has a population of 925.
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Photo: Olga Maximova 1975, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 906 residents
  • Description: urban-type settlement in Belarus
  • Also known as: “Svir” and “Svir, Belarus”
  • Address: Мядзельскі раён

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Nicholas Church and Holy Dormition Church.

Church
Photo: Olga Maximova 1975, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Catholic church in Svir, Minsk Region, Belarus. It was built in 1653, then destroyed during the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zasvir and Starlyhi.

Hamlet
Photo: BlrTanya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km east of Svir‘.

Village
Photo: Cingenkog, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 8 km east of Svir‘.

Hamlet
Photo: BlrTanya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km northeast of Svir‘.

Svir‘

Latitude
54.84841° or 54° 50′ 54″ north
Longitude
26.39113° or 26° 23′ 28″ east
Population
906
Elevation
153 metres (502 feet)
Open location code
9G68R9XR+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 242979036
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
621058
Wiki­data ID
Q2659511
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Veps—“Svir‘” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Свір”
  • Belarusian: “Сьвір”
  • Bulgarian: “Свир”
  • Cebuano: “Svir”
  • Chechen: “Свирь”
  • Estonian: “Svir”
  • Finnish: “Syväri”
  • French: “Svir”
  • Hebrew: “שוויר”
  • Lithuanian: “Svieriai”
  • Lithuanian: “Svyrius”
  • Polish: “Świr”
  • Russian: “Свирь (Минская область)”
  • Russian: “Свирь”
  • Serbian: “Свир”
  • Spanish: “Svir”
  • Swedish: “Svir”
  • Swedish: “Svіr”
  • Tatar: “Свир”
  • Ukrainian: “Свір”
  • Veps: “Süvär”
  • “Svir”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Svir‘”. Photo: Olga Maximova 1975, CC BY-SA 3.0.