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Luninyets
Sign in to saveLuninyets or Luninets is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Luninyets District. As of 2025, it has a population of 23,469. It is home to Luninets air base.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Luninyets
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Лунинец - panoramio (6).jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Łuniniec.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Łuniniec, Belarus.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75px
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Brest Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Luninyets District
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1449
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 18.1
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
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Luninyets or Luninets is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Luninyets District. As of 2025, it has a population of 23,469. It is home to Luninets air base.
== History == thumb|left|Łuniniec in the 1930s Luninyets is said to be mentioned in print sources dating to 1540. Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, it was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship. In 1793, the town was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. In 1888, while under Russian sovereignty, a railway junction was built in Luninyets, linking it by rail to Warsaw, Rivne, Vilna and Gomel, and a proper railroad station was added in 1905. Łuniniec became part of the Second Polish Republic in 1921 following the Polish-Soviet War. It was a county seat within the Polesie Voivodeship.