Oleksandrivsk

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Oleksandrivsk
Олександрівськ
Coat of arms of Oleksandrivsk
Oleksandrivsk (Ukraine)
Oleksandrivsk
Oleksandrivsk
Basic data
Oblast : Luhansk Oblast
Rajon : Luhansk city district
Height : no information
Area : 10.4 km²
Residents : 6,596 ( 01/01/2014 )
Population density : 634 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 91484
Area code : +380 642
Geographic location : 48 ° 35 '  N , 39 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '47 "  N , 39 ° 11' 51"  E
KOATUU : 4410160300
Administrative structure : 1 city , 2 settlements
Mayor : Mykola Hrekow
Address: Красна Площа 16
91484 м. Олександрівськ
Website : http://aleksandrovsk.lg.ua/
Statistical information
Oleksandrivsk (Luhansk Oblast)
Oleksandrivsk
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Oleksandriwsk ( Ukrainian Олександрівськ ; Russian Александровск Alexandrowsk ) is a city in eastern Ukraine with about 12,000 inhabitants.

Country castle in the village

The place is in the center of the Luhansk Oblast , about 10 kilometers west of the Oblast capital Luhansk , north of the Luhan River.

The town council municipality, which is part of the municipality of Luhansk in the Stadtrajon Artemivsk , also includes the settlements Dzerzhynske ( Дзержинське ) and Teplytschne ( Тепличне ).

Location of the city within the municipality of Luhansk

Oleksandrivsk was founded in 1772 as Alexandrowka . In 1959 the place was granted the status of an urban-type settlement and was renamed Oleksandriwsk / Alexandriwsk, in 1961 it was finally granted city status.

Since summer 2014, the city has been occupied by separatists from the Lugansk People's Republic during the war in Ukraine .

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