Kelmentsi

Kelmentsi (Ukrainian: Кельменці; Romanian: Chelmenți) is an urban-type settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Dnistrovskyi Raion, housing the local district administration buildings. It hosts the administration of Kelmentsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 6,985 (2022 estimate).[2]

Kelmentsi
Кельменці
Chelmenți (in Romanian)
Flag of Kelmentsi
Coat of arms of Kelmentsi
Kelmentsi is located in Chernivtsi Oblast
Kelmentsi
Kelmentsi
Location of Kelmentsi in Ukraine
Kelmentsi is located in Ukraine
Kelmentsi
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Kelmentsi (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 26°49′45″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast
RaionDnistrovskyi Raion
Founded1559
Town status1960
Government
  MayorValentyn Tverdokhlib[1]
Area
  Total6.42 km2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
  Total6,985
  Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
60100
Area code+380 3732

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]

Notable people

References

  1. "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. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  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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