Vilshany
Vilshany (Ukrainian: Вільшани, Russian: Ольшаны) is an urban-type settlement in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on both banks of the Kryvorotivka, a right tributary of the Udy, in the basin of the Don. Vilshany belongs to Solonytsivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,753 (2021 est.)[2]
Vilshany
Вільшани | |
|---|---|
Urban-type settlement | |
  Vilshany Location in Kharkiv Oblast  Vilshany Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 50°03′08″N 35°53′24″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion | Derhachi Raion |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 6,753 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Until 18 July 2020, Vilshany belonged to Derhachi 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 Derhachi Raion was merged into Kharkiv Raion.[3][4]
Economy
Transportation
The closest railway station is in Peresichne, a few kilometers east, on the railway line connecting Kharkiv and Zolochiv which continues across the Russian border to Gotnya.
The settlement has road access to Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv.
References
- "Солоницевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- 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.
