Heorhiyivka

Heorhiyivka

Георгіївка

Heorhiyivka

Basic data

Oblast :

Luhansk Oblast

Rajon :

Lutuhyne district

Height :

65 m

Area :

7.09 km²

Residents :

6,485 (2011)

Population density :

915 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

92023

Area code :

+380 6436

Geographic location :

48 ° 26 ' N , 39 ° 16' E Coordinates: 48 ° 25 '54 " N , 39 ° 15' 57" E

KOATUU :

4422256100

Administrative structure :

1 urban-type settlement , 1 village

Mayor :

Olena Nikitina

Address:

вул. Леніна 16
92023 смт. Георгіївка

Statistical information

Heorhiyivka

Heorhijiwka (Ukrainian Георгіївка ; Russian Георгиевка / Georgijewka ) is an urban-type settlement in the south of the Ukrainian Luhansk Oblast with about 6400 inhabitants.

The place belongs administratively to the district Lutuhyne , the district center Lutuhyne is located 3 kilometers southwest, the oblast capital Luhansk is 14 kilometers north of the place.

The settlement council community of the same name also includes the village of Peremoshne (Переможне), in the place the river Sucha (Суха) unites with the Vilchivka (Вільхівка).

Heorhijiwka was founded in the 18th century, was called Konopljanka (Коноплянка) until 1917, and in 1938 it was given the status of an urban-type settlement. Since the summer of 2014, the town has been occupied by separatists from the Lugansk People's Republic during the war in Ukraine .

Web links

Location information (Ukrainian)
Entry on the place in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Ukrainian)