Vilshany

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Vilshany
Вільшани
Urban-type settlement
Vilshany is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Vilshany
Vilshany
Location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 50°03′08″N 35°53′24″E / 50.05222°N 35.89000°E / 50.05222; 35.89000Coordinates: 50°03′08″N 35°53′24″E / 50.05222°N 35.89000°E / 50.05222; 35.89000
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionDerhachi Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total6,753
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Vilshany (Ukrainian: Вільшани, Russian: Ольшаны) is an urban-type settlement in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on both banks of the , a right tributary of the Udy, in the basin of the Don. Vilshany belongs to Solonytsivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,753 (2021 est.)[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Vilshany 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[]

The closest railway station is in Peresichne, a few kilometers east, on the railway line connecting Kharkiv and Zolochiv which continues across the Russian border to .

The settlement has road access to Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv.

References[]

  1. ^ "Солоницевская 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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