Hornostaivka, Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast

Hornostaivka (Ukrainian: Горностаївка; Russian: Горностаевка) is an urban-type settlement in Kakhovka Raion of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir, an artificial reservoir on the Dnieper. Hornostaivka hosts the administration of Hornostaivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,388 (2021 est.)[2]

Hornostaivka
Горностаївка
Urban-type settlement
Hornostaivka
Coordinates: 47°00′20″N 33°43′47″E
Country Ukraine
OblastKherson Oblast
RaionKakhovka Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 6,388
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 18 July 2020, Hornostaivka was the administrative center of Hornostaivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Hornostaivka Raion was merged into Kakhovka Raion.[3][4]

Economy

Transportation

Hornostaivka has access to a paved road which follows the left bank of the Dnieper and connects Kakhovka with Kamianka-Dniprovska. In Kakhovka, there is access to the Highway M14 connecting Kherson with Mariupol via Melitopol.

References
  1. "Горностаевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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