Sventsyany uezd
Sventsyany uezd
Свѣнцянскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
Location in the Vilna Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Krai | Northwestern |
| Governorate | Vilna |
| Established | 1795 |
| Abolished | 1920 |
| Capital | Sventsyany |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,228.03 km2 (2,018.55 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 172,231 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3.50% |
| • Rural | 96.50% |
The Sventsyany uezd, known until 1842 as the Zavileisky uezd, was a county (uezd) of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire.
The uezd was bordered by the Vilna uezd to the west, the Oshmyany uezd to the south, the Vileyka uezd to the east, the Disna uezd to the northeast, and the Novoaleksandrovsk uezd of the Kovno Governorate to the north. The administrative centre was located in Sventsyany (modern-day Švenčionys). The Sventsyany uezd included the most part of Švenčionys District and Pastavy District of Belarus.