Vilcha, Kharkiv Oblast
Vilcha
Вільча | |
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Location of Vilcha in Kharkiv Oblast | |
Coordinates: 50°14′41″N 36°56′29″E / 50.24472°N 36.94139°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
Raion | Chuhuiv Raion |
Founded | 1993[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mykola Lirskyj |
Area | |
• Land | 3.68 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 1,658 |
• Density | 451/km2 (1,170/sq mi) |
Postal code | 62507[1] |
Area code | +380 5741 |
Vilcha (Ukrainian: Вільча) is a Ukrainian rural settlement in Chuhuiv Raion (prior to 2020 in Vovchansk Raion)[2] in Kharkiv Oblast.[1] It belongs to Vovchansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 1,639 (2022 estimate).[4]
History
The
Until 18 July 2020, Vilcha belonged to Vovchansk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Vovchansk Raion was merged into Chuhuiv Raion.[6][7] On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of uran-type settlement, and Vilcha became a rural settlement.[8]
Geography
Located 6 km south of Vovchansk, and not too far from the borders with the Russian Oblast of Belgorod; Vilcha it is served by the provincial highway T2104, and by Harbuzivka railway station, on Belgorod-Kupiansk line.[9] The town is 20 km far from Bilyi Kolodiaz, 26 from Staryi Saltiv, 52 from Velykyi Burluk, 56 from Belgorod and 71 from Kharkiv.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Vilcha on Verkhovna Rada website
- ^ Where did 354 districts disappear to? Anatomy of loud reform, Glavcom (7 August 2020) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "Волчанская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ ""The anniversary of the Chernobyl accident: "live" and "dead" villages of Vilcha"".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
- ^ 168175776 Vilcha on OpenStreetMap
External links
Media related to Vilcha at Wikimedia Commons