Kozacha Lopan

Kozacha Lopan (Ukrainian: Козача Лопань, Russian: Казачья Лопань) is an urban-type settlement in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Lopan in the drainage basin of the Don, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the border with Russia. Kozacha Lopan belongs to Derhachi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 5,005 (2021 est.)[2]

Kozacha Lopan
Козача Лопань
Urban-type settlement
Church of Saint Archangel Michael
Kozacha Lopan
Location in Kharkiv Oblast
Kozacha Lopan
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°19′55″N 36°11′37″E
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionKharkiv Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total5,005
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 18 July 2020, Kozacha Lopan belonged to Derhachi 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 Derhachi Raion was merged into Kharkiv Raion.[3][4]

Economy

Transportation

Kozacha Lopan railway station is on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Belgorod. There is local passenger traffic in the direction of Kharkiv, and long-distance trains connecting Kharkiv with Russia. Kozacha Lopan is the last station on the Ukrainian side, and here border and custom controls take place.

The settlement has road access to Highway M20 which connects Kharkiv with the Russian border and continues across the border to Belgorod.

References
  1. "Дергачевская городская 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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