Kelmentsi

Kelmentsi
Кельменці
Chelmenți (in Romanian)
Rural settlement
Flag of Kelmentsi
Flag
Coat of arms of Kelmentsi
Coat of arms
Kelmentsi is located in Chernivtsi Oblast
Kelmentsi
Kelmentsi
Location of Kelmentsi in Ukraine
Kelmentsi is located in Ukraine
Kelmentsi
Kelmentsi
Kelmentsi (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 26°49′45″E / 48.46333°N 26.82917°E / 48.46333; 26.82917
Country Ukraine
OblastChernivtsi Oblast
RaionDnistrovskyi Raion
HromadaKelmentsi settlement hromada
Founded1559
Town status1960
Government
 • MayorValentyn Tverdokhlib[1]
Area
 • Total
6.42 km2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total
6,985
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
60100
Area code+380 3732
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Kelmentsi (Ukrainian: Кельменці, IPA: [ˈkɛlʲmentsi]; Romanian: Chelmenți) is a rural settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Dnistrovskyi Raion, housing the local district administration buildings. It hosts the administration of Kelmentsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 6,985 (2022 estimate).[2]

At the 2001 census, the town's population was 8,007,[1] which consisted mostly of ethnic Ukrainians. Kelmentsi itself is located in close proximity to the border with Moldova.

History

Starting in 1960, Kelmentsi was designated an urban-type settlement.[4]

Until 18 July 2020, Kelmentsi served as an administrative center of Kelmentsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kelmentsi Raion was merged into Dnistrovskyi Raion.[5][6]

On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Kelmentsi became a rural settlement.[7]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b "Kelmentsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Kelmentsi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "Кельменецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. ^ Андрущак, С. В.; Карапчієвська, В. Г. "Кельменці". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 12. NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
  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. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.