Sapotskin

Also known as Sapockin, Sopotskin, Sopoćkinie, Sapackinė

Sapotskin or Sopotskin is an urban-type settlement in Grodno District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It is located near the border with Poland and northwest from Grodno. As of 2025, it has a population of 901.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Sapotskin
Settlement.native_name_lang: be
Settlement.settlement_type: Urban-type settlement
Settlement.image_skyline: Сапоцкін. Касцёл Ушэсця Дзевы Марыі.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Settlement.image_seal: BIA Sopoćkinie COA.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.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1560
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3.736
Settlement.population_as_of: 2025
Settlement.population_total: 901

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Сапоцкін
Population: 899
Area: 3.73612
Elevation: 148
Image: Сапоцкін. Касцёл Ушэсця Дзевы Марыі.jpg
Licence plate code: 4

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postal code: 231733
Commons category: Sapockin
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Sapockin
native label: Сапоцкін
Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/sopockin/index.htm

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Sapotskin became one of the centers of the Polish minority in Belarus. It is the only town in Belarus where the Polish population, consisting of the majority, is allowed to use bilingual street signs.