Bilopillja

Bilopillja

Білопілля

Bilopillja

Basic data

Oblast :

Sumy Oblast

Rajon :

Bilopillia district

Height :

159 m

Area :

12.8 km²

Residents :

17,718 (2005)

Population density :

1,384 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

41800

Area code :

+380 5443

Geographic location :

51 ° 9 ' N , 34 ° 19' E Coordinates: 51 ° 8 '45 " N , 34 ° 18' 42" E

KOATUU :

5920610100

Administrative structure :

1 city, 2 villages, 1 settlement

Address:

вул. Леніна 70
41800 м. Білопілля

Statistical information

Bilopillja

Bilopillja ( Ukrainian Білопілля ; Russian Белополье Belopolje , Polish Białopole ) is a city in the Ukrainian Sumy Oblast and the administrative seat of the Rajon of the same name with almost 18,000 inhabitants.

The municipality includes the villages of Kowalenky ( Коваленко ) and Sochany ( Сохани ) and the settlement of Peremoha ( Перемога ).

geography

The city in northern Ukraine lies on the banks of the Wyr , a 62 km long tributary of the Seim , 42 km northwest of the oblast capital Sumy .

history

The place was created in the Middle Ages and was granted Magdeburg city charter in 1644 . Today the city is a center of food production.

sons and daughters of the town

Anton Makarenko (1888–1939), Soviet educator and writer
Oleksandr Oles (1878–1944), Ukrainian writer and playwright
Jurij Bilonoh (* 1974), Ukrainian shot putter

Web links

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

Bialopole . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 1 : Aa-Dereneczna . Sulimierskiego and Walewskiego, Warsaw 1880, p. 193 (Polish, edu.pl ).