Merefa

Merefa (Ukrainian: Мeрeфa) is a city in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Merefa hosts the administration of Merefa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 21,202 (2022 estimate).[2]

Merefa
Мерефа
Church of the Nativity of Theotokos in Merefa
Church of the Nativity of Theotokos in Merefa
Coat of arms of Merefa
Coat of arms
Merefa is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Merefa
Merefa
Merefa is located in Ukraine
Merefa
Merefa
Coordinates: 49°49′N 36°03′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kharkiv Oblast
RaionKharkiv Raion
HromadaMerefa urban hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total21,202
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

It was a village in Kharkovsky Uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

City since 1938.[3]

In January 1989 the population was 28,952 people.[4][3]

In January 2013 the population was 22,280 people.[5]

Name

Etymologists have not reached a final conclusion, but it is believed that the name originated from the Old Slavic "mьrRs" (Ukrainian: "to fade"), which is derived from the Ukrainian merekhtyty ("to flicker; barely visible"). Another version is a hydronymic from "merecha" (Ukrainian for forest thicket; dense shrubbery in a swampy lowland), which is based on the Proto-Slavic "merRja" (Ukrainian for swampy place).[6] Among the analogies is also merechytysya ("to be seen"), which is related to the root mereka ("delusion, ghost") derived from the Proto-Slavic morkъ (Ukrainian: морок).[7]

Transport
  • a railway station[3]
  • A school in Merefa
    A school in Merefa
  • Entrance to Avanhard Stadium, Merefa
    Entrance to Avanhard Stadium, Merefa

References
  1. "Мерефянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  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. Мерефа // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.794
  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.100
  6. Етимологічний словник української мови : в 7 т. / редкол.: О. С. Мельничук (гол. ред.) та ін. — К. : Наукова думка, 1989. — Т. 3 : Кора — М / Ін-т мовознавства ім. О. О. Потебні АН УРСР ; укл.: Р. В. Болдирєв та ін. — 552 с. — ISBN 5-12-001263-9.
  7. Лучик В. В.. Етимологічний словник топонімів України / В. В. Лучик; відп. ред. В. Г. Скляренко. — К. : ВЦ «Академія», 2014. — 544 с. (325 с.) — ISBN 978-966-580-454-3
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