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Višnieva
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Also known as Vishneva, Vishnevo, Wiszniew, Višnieŭ, Wischnewo, Višnevas, Vishnava, Vishnev

Vishnyeva (; ; ; ; ) is an agrotown in the Valozhyn District of Minsk Region, Belarus, near the border with Lithuania.

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Settlement.name
Vishnyeva
Settlement.image_skyline
Church of Saint Mary in Vishneva, Belarus.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Catholic Church of Saint Mary
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Minsk
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Valozhyn
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Belarus
Settlement.timezone
MSK
Settlement.utc_offset
+3

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Wikidata facts

Population
505
Elevation
158
Image
Church of Saint Mary in Vishneva, Belarus.jpg
Dialing code
1772
Licence plate code
5
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Commons category
Višnieva, Valožyn District
postal code
231005
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system)
Višnieŭ
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Vishnyeva (; ; ; ; ) is an agrotown in the Valozhyn District of Minsk Region, Belarus, near the border with Lithuania.

==History== thumb|left|Wiszniew in interwar Poland The town was probably established in the 14th century. It was a private town, owned by the Giedygołdowicz, Steczko and Chreptowicz noble families. The first Catholic church of Saint Mary was built in 1424 by castellan of Wilno Siemon Giedygołdowicz, and then rebuilt in Baroque style in 1637 by voivode of Nowogródek Jerzy Chreptowicz. Joachim Chreptowicz founded a sub-departmental high school subordinate to the Wilno University. Around 1790, an iron blast furnace was built.

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