Viitivtsi

Viitivtsi (Ukrainian: Війтівці) is an urban-type settlement in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine.[2] It hosts the administration of Viitivtsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] The settlement's population was 937 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 811 (2022 estimate).[4]

Viitivtsi
Війтівці
Urban-type settlement
Flag of Viitivtsi
Flag
Coat of arms of Viitivtsi
Coat of arms
Viitivtsi is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Viitivtsi
Viitivtsi
Viitivtsi is located in Ukraine
Viitivtsi
Viitivtsi
Coordinates: 49°29′52″N 26°26′35″E
Country Ukraine
OblastKhmelnytskyi Oblast
RaionKhmelnytskyi Raion
Founded1888
Town status1970
Government
 • Town HeadVadym Tkachenko
Area
 • Total1.80 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
333 m (1,093 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 811
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
31256
Area code+380 3845
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

The settlement was founded in 1888 as the settlement of Podilske (Ukrainian: Подільське). It received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1970.[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Viitivtsi belonged to Volochysk 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 Volochysk Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.[5][6]

References
  1. "Viitivtsi (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Volochysk Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. "Viitivtsi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Volochysk Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. "Войтовецкая 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.
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