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Hrodna District or Hrodna rayon (Гродзенскі раён, Hrodzienski rajon, Гарадзенскі раён), also Grodno District or Grodno raion (Гродненский район; Gardino rajonas; Rejon grodzieński), is a district (raion) in the Hrodna Region of Belarus. At nearly 2600 km2, it is the largest raion by area in Belarus. The raion is situated in the far west of the country and shares a 32.8 km border with Lithuania and 68 km border with Poland.

The administrative center is Hrodna, however the city does not form part of the district.

Administration
Notable, pop. less than 100: Adamavichy, Safijova, Sivkava, Sviatsk (Sviatski Palace)
 * а – a
 * э – e
 * і – i
 * о – o
 * у – u
 * ы – y
 * й – y (j)
 * я – ia (ja)
 * е – ie (je)
 * ё – io (jo)
 * ой – oi (oj)



Notable residents

 * Tadevuš Kandrusievič (born 1946 in Adelsk), Belarusian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev from 2007 to 2021
 * Makar Kraŭcoŭ (1891, Babroŭnia village – 1939), participant in the Belarusian independence movement, writer and a victim of Stalin's purges who authored the lyrics of Vajacki marš, popular patriotic song