Kelmentsi (Ukrainian: Кельменці; Romanian: Chelmenți) is a rural settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Dnistrovskyi Raion, housing the local district administration buildings. It hosts the administration of Kelmentsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 6,985 (2022 estimate).[2]
Kelmentsi
Кельменці Chelmenți (in Romanian) | |
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  Kelmentsi Location of Kelmentsi in Ukraine  Kelmentsi Kelmentsi (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 26°49′45″E / 48.46333°N 26.82917°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Chernivtsi Oblast |
| Raion | Dnistrovskyi Raion |
| Founded | 1559 |
| Town status | 1960 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Valentyn Tverdokhlib[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.42 km2 (2.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,985 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 60100 |
| Area code | +380 3732 |
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At the 2001 census, the town's population was 8,007,[1] which consisted mostly of ethnic Ukrainians. Kelmentsi itself is located in close proximity to the border with Moldova.
History edit
Starting in 1960, Kelmentsi was designated an urban-type settlement.[4]
Until 18 July 2020, Kelmentsi served as an administrative center of Kelmentsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kelmentsi Raion was merged into Dnistrovskyi Raion.[5][6]
On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Kelmentsi became a rural settlement.[7]
Notable people edit
- Nicolae Dan Cristescu (born 1929), Romanian mathematician, member of the Romanian Academy (since 1992)
- Igor Plotnitsky (born 1964), Ukrainian separatist leader
- Yuriy Tkachuk (born 1995), footballer
References edit
- ^ a b "Kelmentsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Kelmentsi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Кельменецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Андрущак, С. В.; Карапчієвська, В. Г. "Кельменці". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 12. NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ^ "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.