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# Luninets

A settlement in Belarus; local name Лунінец.

## English name

**Luninets** — Recognizable English spelling, also matching romanization of Russian Лунинец; Belarusian-based Luninyets and national-system Luninec are supplied separately.

Other forms in use:

- **Luninyets** — Belarusian-based English spelling also used in reference works.
- **Luninec** — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, UN-endorsed in 2012 and superseded domestically in 2023.
- **Łuniniec** — Polish historical name.
- **Лунинец** — Russian original-script name.
- **Лунінец** — Belarusian original-script name, supplied for quotations and bilingual source matching.

## French name

**Louninets** — Established French rendering with ou, also used in the French-language EU Official Journal in 2022.

Other forms in use:

- **Luninets** — International spelling usable in French reference material.
- **Łuniniec** — Polish historical name in French accounts of interwar eastern Poland.
- **Luninec** — Local Latin-script form quoted in cartographic contexts.

## About

Luninets is a town in Brest Region in southern Belarus, near the Pripyat lowlands. Railway building made it an important junction in the Polesia region.

## Notes

Louninets is used in the French-language EU Official Journal: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A053%3AFULL . Input label 'Лунинець' is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q956132](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956132) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/luninets/?format=json)


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