Horodok (Khmelnytskyi)

Horodok
Городок
	Horodok
Basic data
Oblast :	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Rajon :	Horodok district
Height :	258 m
Area :	1,111 km²
Residents :	16,368 (2017)
Population density :	15 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	32007
Area code :	+380 3251
Geographic location :	49 ° 10 '  N , 26 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '13 "  N , 26 ° 33' 58"  E
KOATUU :	6821210100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Грушевського 53 32000 м. Городок
Statistical information
Horodok

Horodok (Ukrainian Городок , Russian Городок / Gorodok , Polish Gródek ) is a city in the southern part of the Ukrainian Oblast Khmelnyzkyj with a little more than 16,000 inhabitants (2017).

View over the Smotrych to Horodok

Horodok lies on the bank of the Smotrych . The regional road P-50 and the territorial road T-23-12 run through the city .

history

The settlement was first mentioned in writing in 1392 and has been a city since 1550. In 1916, a train station was built east of the town on what is now the Butschatsch – Jarmolynzi line, connecting the city to the railway network. From July 8, 1941 to March 25, 1944, the city was occupied by Wehrmacht troops.

Web links

Commons : Horodok (Khmelnyzkyj)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gródek . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 2 : Derenek – Gżack . Sulimierskiego and Walewskiego, Warsaw 1881, p. 818 (Polish, edu.pl ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cities and Settlements of Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org ; accessed on June 11, 2018 (Ukrainian)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Local history of Chornyvody in the history of towns and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on June 11, 2018 (Ukrainian)