Byten - XX-19
- Year: 1901
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Биттень Byten' [Rus], Byteń [Pol], Biten [Yid], Bycień [Bel], Buten'
Brockhaus-Efron Jewish Encyclopedia Byten - during the era of Polish rule, a town in the Vilna Voivodeship, Slonim Povet.
According to the census of 1766, there were 273 Jews in the B-Kahal.
Nowadays (1910) it is a town in Slonim district, Grodno province; in 1847 the Byten Jewish community consistedof 573 souls;
According to the 1897 census, there were 2,682 inhabitants, of whom 1,614 were Jews.