Vinkivtsi

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Vinkivtsi
Віньківці
Urban-type settlement

Coat of arms
Vinkivtsi
Location of Vinkivtsi in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Coordinates: 49°01′59″N 27°14′01″E / 49.03306°N 27.23361°E / 49.03306; 27.23361Coordinates: 49°01′59″N 27°14′01″E / 49.03306°N 27.23361°E / 49.03306; 27.23361
Country  Ukraine
Province Khmelnytskyi Oblast
District Vinkivtsi Raion
Founded 1493
Town status 1957
Government
 • Town Head Vasyl Ananchuk[1]
Area
 • Total 11.45 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Elevation[2] 290 m (950 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total Decrease 6,473
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 32500
Area code +380 3846
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Vinkivtsi (Ukrainian: Віньківці) is an urban-type settlement in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine.[1] It serves as the administrative center of the Vinkivtsi Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. The town's population was 6,937 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census[1] and 6,473 in 2011.[3]

The settlement was first founded in 1493. In 1927, it was renamed Zatonsk (Ukrainian: Затонськ) in honor of Volodymyr Zatonsky, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.[4] It received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Teofipol, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Vinkivtsi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  2. ↑ 'nickaja/4113 "Vinkivtsi (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Vinkivtsi Raion)". weather.in.ua (in English). Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Actual Population of Ukraine on January 1, 2011" ( PDF). State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Main Statistical Office in L'viv region. Retrieved 11 February. 
  4. ↑ "Main Page". Vinkivtsi Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
Populated settlements of Vinkivtsi Raion
Towns
Villages
  • Adamivka
  • Balky
  • Bystrytsia
  • Cherkasivka
  • Dashkivtsi
  • Druzhba
  • Fashchiivka
  • Hoholi
  • Hovory
  • Hrymiachka
  • Hryneva
  • Huta
  • Kaliusyk
  • Karachiivtsi
  • Karyzhyn
  • Lomachyntsi
  • Maidan-Karachiievetskyi
  • Maidan-Oleksandrivskyi
  • Netechyntsi
  • Oslamiv
  • Orkhimivtsi
  • Petrashivka
  • Podolianske
  • Pokutyntsi
  • Pylypy-Oleksandrivski
  • Pyrohivka
  • Slavuta
  • Slobidka-Okhimovetska
  • Stanislavivka
  • Velykyi Oleksandriv
  • Vyselok
  • Yasnoziria
  • Zhenyshkivtsi
  • Zinkiv
  • Zoriane


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