Vilshanka
Vilshanka (Ukrainian: Вільшанка, Russian: Ольшанка) is an urban-type settlement in Holovanivsk Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Syniukha, a left tributary of the Southern Bug. Vilshanka hosts the administration of Vilshanka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 4,570 (2021 est.)[2]
Vilshanka
Вільшанка | |
|---|---|
Urban-type settlement | |
  Vilshanka Location in Kirovohrad Oblast  Vilshanka Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°13′58″N 30°53′00″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kirovohrad Oblast |
| Raion | Holovanivsk Raion |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 4,570 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Until 18 July 2020, Vilshanka was the administrative center of Vilshanka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Vilshanka Raion was merged into Holovanivsk Raion.[3][4]
Economy
Transportation
The settlement has road access to Pervomaisk and from there to Highway H24 connecting Holovanivsk and Mykolaiv.
The closest railway station is in Pervomaisk on the railway connecting Kropyvnytskyi with Vinnytsia and Odessa.
References
- "Вільшанська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- 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.
- "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.
