Vilshana, Cherkasy Oblast
Vilshana
Вільшана | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg)  Vilshana Location of Vilshana in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′35″N 31°12′32″E / 49.20972°N 31.20889°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province |  Cherkasy Oblast |
| District |  Zvenyhorodka Raion |
| Founded | 1598 |
| Town status | 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Volodymyr Yarovyi |
| Elevation | 231 m (758 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 3,002 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 19523 |
| Area code | +380 4734 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Vilshana (Template:Lang-uk) is an urban-type settlement located in Zvenyhorodka Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vilshana urban hromada, one of the amalgamated hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 3,002 (2020 est.)[1]
Until 18 July 2020, Vilshana belonged to Horodyshche Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Horodyshche Raion was split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka Raions, with Vilshana being transferred to Zvenyhorodka Raion.[3][4]
People from Vilshana
- Jan Stanisławski (Vilshana, 24 June 1860 – 6 January 1907, Kraków), Polish modernist painter, art educator, and founder and member of various innovative art groups and literary societies.
References
- ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Вильшанская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "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.
External links
- "Olszana, miasteczko przy ujściu ruczaju Maźniki do rzeczki Olszanki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 496.
- "Olszana, miasteczko, powiat zwinogródzki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). p. 408.
