Smotrych (urban-type settlement)

Smotrych (Ukrainian: Смотрич; Polish: Smotrycz) is an urban-type settlement in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine.[2] Smotrych hosts the administration of Smotrych settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] The town's population was 2,102 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 1,739 (2022 estimate).[4] Its Jewish population was murdered en masse during the Holocaust.

Smotrych
Смотрич
Smotrycz
Urban-type settlement
Flag of Smotrych
Flag
Coat of arms of Smotrych
Coat of arms
Smotrych is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Smotrych
Smotrych
Location of Smotrych in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Smotrych is located in Ukraine
Smotrych
Smotrych
Location of Smotrych in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°56′49″N 26°33′37″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Raion Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
HromadaSmotrych settlement hromada
Magdeburg rights1448
Town status1960
Government
 • Town HeadLiudmyla Pelykh
Area
 • Total5.02 km2 (1.94 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
240 m (790 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 1,739
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
32423
Area code+380 3858
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

The settlement was first founded in the first half of the 15th century. It was granted the Magdeburg rights in 1448. In 1960, Smotrych was granted the status of an urban-type settlement.[2] The town lies on the banks of the Smotrych River.

Until 18 July 2020, Smotrych belonged to Dunaivtsi 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 Dunaivtsi Raion was merged into Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion.[5][6]

People from Smotrych

See also
  • Dunaivtsi, the other urban-type settlement in Dunaivtsi Raion

References
  1. "Smotrych (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Dunaivtsi Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. "Smotrych, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Dunaivtsi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. "Смотрицкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. 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.
  5. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  7. Hudzyk, Klara (February 7, 2003). "Meletiy Smotrytskyi - publicist, scientist, and patriot". Den (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  8. "שעת שאלות בכנסת: הח"כ הסביר מה מקור השם 'סמוטריץ'?". JDN - חדשות (in Hebrew). 6 July 2021.
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