Ašmiany

Also known as Oshmiany, Oshmyany, Ashmyany, Ashmiany

Ashmyany or Oshmyany is a city in Grodno Region, Belarus. It is located from Vilnius in Lithuania, and serves as the administrative center of Ashmyany District. The river Ashmyanka passes through the city. As of 2025, it has a population of 16,804.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ashmyany
Settlement.other_name: Oshmyany
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Ašmiany.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Ašmiany, Belarus.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 150
Settlement.shield_size: 75
Settlement.mapsize: 230px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus#Europe
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Grodno Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ashmyany District
Settlement.population_as_of: 2025
Settlement.population_total: 16,804

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Wikidata facts

Population: 16721
Area: 8.42
Elevation: 175
Official website: oshmiany.gov.by
Image: Горад Ашмяны 2012.jpg
Dialing code: +375 1593

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Commons category: Ašmiany
postal code: 231103
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Ašmiany
P8168: Raúl Ruidíaz
Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/oshmyany/index.htm

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Name
History
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Partition
November Uprising (1830-1831)
Rebuilding
World War I
In interwar Poland
World War II
Recent history
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Notable people
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==Name== Since time immemorial, Ašmena and its surroundings were ethnic Lithuanian territory. However, many of the indigenous inhabitants died out during the wars, famine and plague in the late 17th and the early 18th centuries, and the Belarusian population replaced them. Lithuanians were slavicized along the Minsk-Ašmena-Vilnius axis, and by the mid-19th century, the numbers of Lithuanian-speakers had severely decreased.