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Shchuchyn
Sign in to saveShchuchyn is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Shchuchyn District. As of 2025, it has a population of 15,127.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Shchuchyn
- Settlement.other_name
- Szczuczyn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Шчучын. Плошча Свабоды (02).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Svaboda Square in Shchuchyn
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Ščučyn.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Ščučyn, Belarus.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75
- 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
- Shchuchyn District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 15,127
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Shchuchyn is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Shchuchyn District. As of 2025, it has a population of 15,127.
==History== The first known official written mention of Shchuchyn is recorded in 1436, but its foundation as a settlement dates back to 1537, when Shchuchyn was mentioned in the Book of Acts of the Lithuanian Metrica (the Book of Lithuanian vital records), kept in the Governmental archive in Lithuania.