Lynovytsia

Lynovytsia (Ukrainian: Линовиця) is an urban-type settlement in Pryluky Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Lynovytsia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] The population is 2,574 (2022 estimate).[1]

Lynovytsia
Линовиця
Urban-type settlement
Tower of the Count de Balman in Lynovytsia
Tower of the Count de Balman in Lynovytsia
Flag of Lynovytsia
Flag
Coat of arms of Lynovytsia
Coat of arms
Ukraine
Ukraine
Lynovytsia
Ukraine
Ukraine
Lynovytsia
Coordinates: 51°28′12″N 32°24′00″E
CountryUkraine
OblastChernihiv Oblast
RaionPryluky Raion
Area
 • Total7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total2,574
 • Density340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
17584
Area code+380 4637
Websitehttp://linovitsa-otg.gov.ua

History

The village was first mentioned in 1629, when a census was conducted.

It was a settlement in Pyriatyn uyezd of Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire.

During World War II it was occupied by Axis troops between September 1941 and September 1943.

Urban-type settlement since October 1960. In 1972 there were a sugar plant, a bakery,[3] one sovkhoz, two schools and a library.

In 1985 a post office was built here.

In January 1989, population was 3440 people.[4]

In January 2013, population was 2743 people.[5]

Transport
Train station

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Линовицкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. Линовица // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 14. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.
  4. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.111
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