Shalyhyne

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Shalyhyne
Шалыгино
Urban-type settlement
Shalyhyne is located in Sumy Oblast
Shalyhyne
Shalyhyne
Location in Sumy Oblast
Coordinates: Coordinates: 51°34′35″N 34°05′55″E / 51.57639°N 34.09861°E / 51.57639; 34.09861
CountryUkraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionShostka Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total2,245
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Shalyhyne (Ukrainian: Шалигине, Russian: Шалыгино) is an urban-type settlement in Shostka Raion of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the , a left tributary of the , in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Shalyhyne hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 2,245 (2021 est.)[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Shalyhyne belonged to Hlukhiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Sumy Oblast to five. The area of Hlukhiv Raion was merged into Shostka Raion.[3][4]

Economy[]

Transportation[]

The settlement has access, via Hlukhiv, to Highway M02 which connects it with Kyiv and Chernihiv, and to the north, across the Russian border, with Oryol and Moscow.

The closest railway station is in Hlukhiv, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest. This is a terminal station on a side line which branches off the main railway line connecting Moscow and Kyiv via . As of 2021, there was no passenger traffic.

References[]

  1. ^ "Шалигинская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  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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