Narach
Narach, previously known as Kabylnik or Kobylnik until 1964, is an agrotown in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is situated by Lake Narach. It is the birthplace of Maria Kaczyńska, who was the First Lady of Poland from 2005 until her death in 2010.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Olga Maximova 1975, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 2,580 residents
- Description: agrotown in Belarus
- Also known as: “Kabylnik”, “Kobyl’nik”, “Kobyl’niki”, “Narač”, “Naroch”, and “Naroch’”
- Address: Нарацкі сельскі Савет, Мядзельскі раён
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Saint Andrew Babola.
Church of Saint Andrew Babola
Church
Photo: Olga Maximova 1975, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of Saint Andrew Babola in Narach is a Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church in Minsk region, Belarus, built in 1897–1901. Nowadays the church belongs to the Discalced Carmelites.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naroch‘ and Varancy.
Naroch‘
Town
Photo: Vostok uri naroch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Narach or Naroch is an urban-type settlement in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located near Lake Narach. As of 2025, it has a population of 3,781. It was established in 1964 in place of the former village Kupa. Naroch‘ is situated 3 km south of Narach.
Varancy
Hamlet
Photo: Vostok uri naroch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Varancy is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southeast of Narach.
Čaraŭki
Hamlet
Photo: Da voli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Čaraŭki is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km southeast of Narach.
Narach
- Categories: agrotown and locality
- Location: Minsk Region, Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.93717° or 54° 56′ 14″ northLongitude
26.68975° or 26° 41′ 23″ eastPopulation
2,580Elevation
190 metres (623 feet)Open location code
9G68WMPQ+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 242999804OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
624811Wikidata ID
Q1050375
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Narach” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Narač”
- Basque: “Naratx”
- Belarusian: “Кабельнікі”
- Belarusian: “Кабыльнік”
- Belarusian: “Кабыльнікі”
- Belarusian: “Нарач”
- Chechen: “Нарочь”
- Dutch: “Narač”
- Estonian: “Narač”
- Finnish: “Narač”
- Finnish: “Naratš”
- French: “Kobylnik”
- French: “Narač”
- German: “Narač”
- Hebrew: “נארוץ‘”
- Hebrew: “נארוץ’”
- Hungarian: “Naracs”
- Irish: “Narač”
- Lithuanian: “Kobylnikas”
- Lithuanian: “Naročius”
- Polish: “Kobylnik”
- Polish: “Narocz”
- Russian: “Кобыльники”
- Russian: “Нарочь”
- Swedish: “Kabylnik”
- Swedish: “Narač”
- Swedish: “Naratj”
- Swedish: “Narotj”
- Tatar: “Нарач”
- Ukrainian: “Нароч”
- Ukrainian: “Нарочь”
- “Narač”
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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 “Narach”. Photo: Olga Maximova 1975, CC BY-SA 3.0.