Vilshanka

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Vilshanka
Вільшанка
Urban-type settlement
Vilshanka is located in Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast
Vilshanka
Vilshanka
Location in Kirovohrad Oblast
Coordinates: 48°13′58″N 30°53′00″E / 48.23278°N 30.88333°E / 48.23278; 30.88333Coordinates: 48°13′58″N 30°53′00″E / 48.23278°N 30.88333°E / 48.23278; 30.88333
CountryUkraine
OblastKirovohrad Oblast
RaionHolovanivsk Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total4,570
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Vilshanka (Ukrainian: Вільшанка, Russian: Ольшанка) is an urban-type settlement in Holovanivsk Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Syniukha, a left tributary of the Southern Bug. Vilshanka hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 4,570 (2021 est.)[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Vilshanka was the administrative center of Vilshanka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Vilshanka Raion was merged into Holovanivsk Raion.[3][4]

Economy[]

Transportation[]

The settlement has road access to Pervomaisk and from there to connecting Holovanivsk and Mykolaiv.

The closest railway station is in Pervomaisk on the railway connecting Kropyvnytskyi with Vinnytsia and Odessa.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ольшанская 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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