Merefa

Merefa
Мерефа
	Merefa
Basic data
Oblast :	Kharkiv Oblast
Rajon :	Kharkiv Raion
Height :	no information
Area :	71.37 km²
Residents :	21,901 (2018)
Population density :	307 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	62472-62477
Area code :	+380 57
Geographic location :	49 ° 49 '  N , 36 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '12 "  N , 36 ° 3' 0"  E
KOATUU :	6325110700
Administrative structure :	1 city , 1 settlement
Mayor :	Weniamin Ivanovich Sitow
Address:	вул. Дніпропетровська 213 62472 м. Мерефа
Statistical information
Merefa

Merefa ( Ukrainian and Russian Мерефа ) is a city in the Ukraine in the Kharkiv Oblast with about 22,000 inhabitants (2018). The city has a train station and a glass industry .

geography

Maerefa is located on the M 18 trunk road , a section of the European route 105 , 22 km southwest of Kharkiv .

It is divided into the actual city and the settlement Selekzijne ( Селекційне )

history

Merefa was founded in 1595 and in 1938 Merefa was granted city rights. From October 1941 to September 5, 1943, the city was occupied by Wehrmacht troops. In May 1942 the Second Battle of Kharkov took place near Merefa , one of the last victorious kettle battles of the Wehrmacht.

population

Population development

1923	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2010	2018
7,814	11,675	22,616	26,307	29,985	29,034	28,952	25,018	23,034	22,365	21,901

Sources: 1923–1939, 1959–1970, 1979, from 1989

sons and daughters of the town

• Raissa Obodowskaja (1948–2012), Soviet track cyclist

Web links

Commons : Merefa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ censuses USSR on webgeo.ru
3. ↑ Population figures on Citypopulation.de