Ponornytsia

Ponornytsia (Ukrainian: Понорниця, Russian: Понорница) is an urban-type settlement in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Ponornytsia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 1,961 (2021 est.)[2]

Ponornytsia
Понорниця
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms
Ponornytsia
Ponornytsia
Coordinates: 51°43′22″N 32°50′46″E
CountryUkraine
OblastChernihiv Oblast
RaionNovhorod-Siverskyi Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total1,961
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The settlement is located on the banks of the Bahachka River, in the drainage basin of the Desna. It lies on the western border of Mezynskyi National Nature Park.

Until 18 July 2020, Ponornytsia belonged to Korop Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Korop Raion was merged into Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion.[3][4]

Economy

Transportation

Ponornytsia has a road access to Highway M02 which connects Kyiv with Hlukhiv and with the Russian border, as well as to Highway H27, connecting Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi.

References
  1. "Понорницька територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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