Artemivsk (Perevalsk)

Artemivsk
Артемівськ
	Artemivsk
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Perevalsk Raion
Height :	no information
Area :	19.2 km²
Residents :	7,506 (01/01/2013)
Population density :	391 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	94313
Area code :	+380 6441
Geographic location :	48 ° 26 '  N , 38 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '20 "  N , 38 ° 43' 3"  E
KOATUU :	4423610300
Administrative structure :	1 city
Mayor :	Olexandr Jolkin
Address:	вул. Серго 3 94313 м. Артемівськ
Statistical information
Artemivsk

Artemivsk (Ukrainian Артемівськ - Ukrainian officially since May 12, 2016 Kyputsche / Кипуче; Russian Артёмовск / Artyomovsk ) is a city in eastern Ukraine with about 7500 inhabitants.

The place is located in the west of the Luhansk Oblast and in the north of the Perewalsk Raion , about 6 kilometers west of the Rajonszentrum Perewalsk and 42 kilometers southwest of the Oblast capital Luhansk on the river Bila .

Flag of the place

Artemiwsk was founded in 1910 as a railway station settlement Katerinowka and renamed in 1923 in honor of the Russian revolutionary Fyodor Andreevich Sergeyev in Artema (селище імені Арте́ма). In 1938 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and was renamed Artemiwsk / Artjomowsk, in 1962 it was granted city status.

Since summer 2014, the city has been occupied by separatists from the Lugansk People's Republic during the war in Ukraine .

Web links

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

• Location information (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 05.12.2016 № 1351-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів на тимчасово окупованих територіях Донецької та Луганської областей