Adeĺsk

Also known as Adel′sk

Adelsk (; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Grodno District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Adelsk selsoviet. It is located close to the border with Poland and from Grodno. Its population is estimated at 661 inhabitants.

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Settlement.official_name: Adelsk
Settlement.native_name_lang: be
Settlement.settlement_type: Agrotown
Settlement.image_skyline: Адэльск. Касцёл Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Дзевы Марыі (01).jpg
Settlement.image_seal: Odelsk herb.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Grodno Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Grodno District
Settlement.population_as_of: 2010
Settlement.population_total: 661
Settlement.timezone: MSK
Settlement.utc_offset: +3
Settlement.elevation_m: 172
Settlement.postal_code: 231713

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Адэльск
Population: 661
Image: Адэльск. Касцёл Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Дзевы Марыі (01).jpg
Dialing code: 152

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Commons category: Adeĺsk
postal code: 231713
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Adeĺsk
native label: Адэльск
time of earliest written record: 1500-00-00
Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/odelsk/index.htm

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==History== ===Early history=== thumb|left|Church in Odelsk, It was granted town rights in 1546 by Queen consort of Poland Bona Sforza, confirmed by King Stephen Bathory in 1580. It was a royal town of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, administratively located in the Trakai Voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1795, Adelsk was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the course of the Third Partition of Poland and it became a part of New East Prussia. In 1807, the Treaties of Tilsit transferred Odelsk to the Russian Empire. Adelsk became a part of Grodno Governorate.