Vinkivtsi

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Vinkivtsi
Віньківці
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms of Vinkivtsi
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°01′59″N 27°14′01″E / 49.03306°N 27.23361°E / 49.03306; 27.23361Coordinates: 49°01′59″N 27°14′01″E / 49.03306°N 27.23361°E / 49.03306; 27.23361
Country Ukraine
ProvinceKhmelnytskyi Oblast
DistrictKhmelnytskyi Raion
Founded1493
Town status1957
Government
 • Town HeadVasyl Ananchuk[1]
Area
 • Total11.45 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
290 m (950 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • TotalDecrease 6,064
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
32500
Area code+380 3846
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Vinkivtsi (Ukrainian: Віньківці) is an urban-type settlement in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine.[1] It hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] The settlement's population was 6,937 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census[1] and 6,064 (2021 est.)[4]

The settlement was first founded in 1493. In 1927, it was renamed Zatonsk (Ukrainian: Затонськ) in honor of Volodymyr Zatonsky, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.[5] It received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.[1]

Until 18 July 2020, Vinkivtsi was the administrative center of Vinkivtsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Vinkivtsi Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Teofipol, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Vinkivtsi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Vinkivtsi (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Vinkivtsi Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Виньковецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Main Page". Vinkivtsi Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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