Kelmenzi

Kelmenzi

Кельменці

Kelmenzi

Basic data

Oblast :

Chernivtsi Oblast

Rajon :

Kelmenzi district

Height :

193 m

Area :

6.42 km²

Residents :

7,699 (2007)

Population density :

1,199 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

60100

Area code :

+380 3732

Geographic location :

48 ° 28 ' N , 26 ° 50' E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '57 " N , 26 ° 49' 54" E

KOATUU :

7322055100

Administrative structure :

1 urban-type settlement

Mayor :

Walentyn Tverdochlib

Address:

пл. Центральна 4
60 100 смт. Кельменці

Statistical information

Kelmenzi

Kelmenzi (Ukrainian Кельменці ; Russian Кельменцы / Kelmenzy , Romanian Chelmenţi ) is an urban-type settlement in the Ukrainian Oblast of Chernivtsi . It is located in the east of the oblast near the border with the Republic of Moldova , about 69 km northeast of Chernivtsi and about 5 kilometers from the southern border with Moldova.

history

The settlement was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1559 and then belonged to the Principality of Moldova until 1711 , after which it was part of the Ottoman Empire until Bessarabia was ceded to Russia in 1812. In 1892 the place got a rail connection, after the end of the First World War it came to Romania (in the Hotin district ), but became part of the Soviet Union on August 2, 1940 during the annexation of Bessarabia (again to Romania between 1941 and 1944) and since 1991 part of Ukraine.

In 1960 it was granted the status of an urban-type settlement, and since then it has also been the district center of Kelmenzi district .

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