Fashchivka (Perewalsk)

Fashchivka
Фащівка
	Fashchivka
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Perevalsk Raion
Height :	258 m
Area :	5.07 km²
Residents :	4,845 (2011)
Population density :	956 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	94344
Area code :	+380 6441
Geographic location :	48 ° 16 '  N , 38 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '27 "  N , 38 ° 36' 11"  E
KOATUU :	4423657100
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement
Mayor :	Vitaly Bondarenko
Address:	вул. Московська 1 94344 смт. Фащівка
Statistical information
Fashchivka

Faschtschiwka (Ukrainian Фащівка ; Russian Фащевка / Faschtschewka ) is an urban-type settlement in eastern Ukraine with about 4800 inhabitants.

geography

The place is located in the Luhansk Oblast near the oblast border with the Donetsk Oblast , about 24 kilometers southwest of the Raion capital Perevalsk and 60 kilometers west of the Oblast capital Luhansk . The Otscheretyne – Swerewo railway with a train station and the Ukrainian trunk road M 03 run through the village .

history

The place emerged as a train station settlement in the 2nd half of the 19th century and was elevated to an urban-type settlement in 1958.

The place has been occupied by separatists from the Lugansk People's Republic during the war in Ukraine since February 2015 , but fighting began in 2014.

Web links

• Location information (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Военно-топографическая карта европейской России 1: 126 000 - XXVI 17 Ивановка