An agrotown (; ) is an official type of rural settlement in Belarus introduced by a law passed in 1998. The law defines agrotowns as well-developed rural settlements with industrial and social infrastructure to ensure social standards for population living there and in the surrounding areas.
The law further says that if a selsoviet (rural council) has agrotowns, its administrative center must be in an agrotown. If there is more than one agrotown, the selsoviet center is assigned by the District Council of Deputies.
The Belarusian government launched the program "State program for the revival and development of rural areas, for years 2005-2010" (), which provided for the establishment of agrotowns. By the end of the time allotted for the program, i.e., by January 2011, 1,512 agrotowns were established in Belarus, with about 8,000 new houses built.Итог программы поддержки села: на самофинансирование так и не вышли, May 27, 2011
List of agrotowns
Brest Region
Aharodniki Dzivin Kamyanyuki Kazhan-Haradok Lyasnaya Lyeninski Makarava Milyeyki Olshany Rasna Syalyets Tamashowka Volya
Gomel Region Baravoye Dovsk Myalyeshkavichy Shchadryn Luchyn
Grodno Region
Adelsk Dzyarechyn Hyeranyony Hyervyaty Kreva Lunna Muravanaya Ashmyanka Pyershamaysk Pyeskawtsy Subotniki Usyelyub Vasilishki Vowpa Zhyrmuny
Minsk Region
Abchuha Aktsyabr Alyakhnovichy Asavyets Astrashytski Haradok Atolina Azdzyatsichy Azyartso Blon Balshavik Budslaw Byerazinskaye Bystrytsa Chachkava Churylavichy Dawhinava Haradok Hatava Hresk Hrozava Ilya Kalodzishchy Khatsyezhyna Khazhova Khorastava Kishchyna Slabada Knyahinin Kosawka Kraysk Krupitsa Kryvichy Lashany Loshnitsa Luhavaya Slabada Lyasny Lyebyedzyeva Maisyeyewshchyna Malyya Haradzyatsichy Markava Mikhanavichy Nalibaki Narach Navasyellye Novy Dvor Novyya Doktaravichy Nyeharelaye Pahost Palachany Patsyeyki Pryluki Pyasochnaye Pyatryshki Pyerasady Rachen Rakaw Ratamka Samakhvalavichy Sarachy Sharshuny Shatsk Shchomyslitsa Shchytkavichy Sinyawka Skirmantava Slabada Sosny Sosny 2 Starabarysaw Starytsa Staryya Haby Svatki Syemyezhava Syenitsa Syomkava Tal Tsimkavichy Vishnyavyets Vishnyowka Vyalyatsichy Vyvyery Yuzufova Zamastochcha Zanarach Zembin Zhdanovichy
Mogilev Region Dashkawka Lapichy Lipyen Lyasnaya Lyenina Malyatsichy Novy Bykhaw Paloshkava Svislach Tsyatsyeryn
Vitebsk Region Aboltsy Astrowna Babinavichy Druya Dunilavichy Kamai Klyastsitsy Luzhki Lyady Prazaroki Smalyany
See also List of urban-type settlements in Belarus
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