Loyew
Ukraine /
Chernihivska /
Radul /
World
/ Ukraine
/ Chernihivska
/ Radul
, 15 km from center (Радуль)
World / Belarus / Homyel'
town, district center
Loyew (Belarusian: Лоеў, Łojeŭ) is a city in the Belarusian province of Homiel. Administrative centre of Loyew Raion. The population is 7.5 thousand person (2001).
The settlement is located along the right coast of Dnepr in a place of a confluence of Sozh.
Loyew has old history, it has arisen on a place of an ancient site of ancient settlement of dregovichs. First mention of settlement goes back to 1505. The city is known for the battle of July 31, 1649 during Khmelnytsky Uprising which took a place here.
The settlement is located along the right coast of Dnepr in a place of a confluence of Sozh.
Loyew has old history, it has arisen on a place of an ancient site of ancient settlement of dregovichs. First mention of settlement goes back to 1505. The city is known for the battle of July 31, 1649 during Khmelnytsky Uprising which took a place here.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyew
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°56'31"N 30°47'26"E
- Electrical substation 0.2 km
- Boiler house 0.3 km
- Cemetery 0.5 km
- ул. Ленина, 24 1 km
- ул. Ленина, 31 1 km
- Basketball court 1 km
- Pond 1.3 km
- Cemetery 1.6 km
- Electrical substation 35/10 kV "Piznopaly" 7.7 km
- Ripky Raion 20 km