Kehychivka (Ukrainian: Кегичівка, Russian: Кегичёвка) is a rural settlement in Krasnohrad Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kehychivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 5,628 (2022 estimate).[2]
Kehychivka
Кегичівка | |
|---|---|
  Kehychivka | |
| Coordinates: 49°17′05″N 35°45′35″E / 49.28472°N 35.75972°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion |  Krasnohrad Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 5,628 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
editIt was a village in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
Urban-type settlement since 1957.
In January 1989 the population was 7151 people.[3] In January 2013 the population was 6246 people.[4]
Until 18 July 2020, Kehychivka was the administrative center of Kehychivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kechyhivka Raion was merged into Krasnohrad Raion.[5][6]
Until 26 January 2024, Kehychivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Kehychivka became a rural settlement.[7]
Economy
editTransportation
editKehychivka has access to the Highway M29 which connects Kharkiv and Dnipro, as well to a road leading to Izium with further access to Sloviansk.
Kehychivka railway station[8] is on the Southern railway connecting Krasnohrad and Lozova, with further connections to Kharkiv and Dnipro.
References
edit- ^ "Кегичевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.98" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
- ^ Кегичёвка // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 12. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.