Kehychivka

Kehychivka (Ukrainian: Кегичівка, Russian: Кегичёвка) is an urban-type settlement in Krasnohrad Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kehychivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 5,771 (2021 est.)[2]

Kehychivka
Кегичівка
Urban-type settlement
Kehychivka
Coordinates: 49°17′05″N 35°45′35″E
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionKrasnohrad Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total5,771
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

It was a village in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Urban-type settlement since 1957.

In January 1989 the population was 7151 people.[3] In January 2013 the population was 6246 people.[4]

Until 18 July 2020, Kehychivka was the administrative center of Kehychivka 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 Kechyhivka Raion was merged into Krasnohrad Raion.[5][6]

Economy

Transportation

Kehychivka has access to the Highway M29 which connects Kharkiv and Dnipro, as well to a road leading to Izium with further access to Sloviansk.

Kehychivka railway station[7] is on the Southern railway connecting Krasnohrad and Lozova, with further connections to Kharkiv and Dnipro.

References
  1. "Кегичевская 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. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.98
  5. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  7. Кегичёвка // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 12. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.
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