Kareličy

Karelichy is an urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, in west-central Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Karelichy District. As of 2025, it has a population of 5,546.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Karelichy
Settlement.settlement_type: Urban-type settlement
Settlement.image_skyline: Кореличи, Кореличский район, Гродненская область, Беларусь 21.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Kareličy Coat of Arms.gif
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Kareličy.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 150
Settlement.shield_size: 75
Settlement.native_name_lang: by
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Karelichy District
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Grodno Region
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Karelichy in Belarus
Settlement.population_total: 5,546
Settlement.population_as_of: 2025

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Карэлічы
Population: 5438
Elevation: 149
Official website: www.orshacity.vitebsk-region.gov.by
Image: Karelichy3.JPG
Dialing code: 1596

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Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/korelichi/index.htm
Commons category: Kareličy
postal code: 231432
inception: 1395-00-00
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Kareličy
native label: Карэлічы

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Karelichy is an urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, in west-central Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Karelichy District. As of 2025, it has a population of 5,546.

==History== thumb|left|Market in It was a possession of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later a private town of the Czartoryski and Radziwiłł families, administratively located in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The town was devastated by the Crimean Tatars in 1505 and Swedes in 1655. In 1784, King Stanisław August Poniatowski visited the town. French, Polish and Russian troops passed through the town in 1812.