Kelmentsi

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Kelmentsi
Кельменці
Chelmenți (in Romanian)
Urban-type 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
Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 26°49′45″E / 48.46333°N 26.82917°E / 48.46333; 26.82917Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 26°49′45″E / 48.46333°N 26.82917°E / 48.46333; 26.82917
Country Ukraine
Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast
RaionDnistrovskyi Raion
Founded1559
Town status1960
Government
 • MayorValentyn Tverdokhlib[1]
Area
 • Total6.42 km2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total7,111
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
60100
Area code+380 3732

Kelmentsi (Ukrainian: Кельменці; Romanian: Chelmenți) is an urban-type settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The town is also the administrative center of the Dnistrovskyi Raion (district), housing the local district administration buildings. It hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 7,111 (2021 est.)[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.

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.[4][5]

People from Kelmentsi[]

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 (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Кельменецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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