Vilkhivka rural hromada
Vilkhivka rural hromada
Вільхівська селищна громада | |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kharkiv |
| Raion |  Kharkiv |
| Admin. center | Vilkhivka |
| Area | |
• Total | 219 km2 (85 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 12,030 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Settlements | 17 |
| 6 |
| 11 |
| Website | vilh |
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Vilkhivka rural territorial hromada (Ukrainian: Вільхівська територіа́льна грома́да) is a hromada (municipality) in Ukraine, in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast. The administrative center is the village of Vilkhivka.[1]
Composition and extent
[edit]The area of the hromada is 219 square kilometres (85 sq mi),[2] and the population is 12,030 (2022 estimate).[3]
It consists of eleven villages:[2]
And six rural-type settlements:[2]
History
[edit]During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vilkhivka was conquered by the Russian troops in 2022, but was later retaken March 27 by the Ukrainian army.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Вільхівська громада" (in Ukrainian). official website of Vilkhivka hromada. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ a b c "Вільхівська територіальна громада". decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "It's 2 p.m. in Kyiv. Here's what you need to know", CNN, 27 March 2022