Pishchanka

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Pishchanka (disambiguation) .

Pishchanka
Піщанка
	Pishchanka
Basic data
Oblast :	Vinnytsia Oblast
Rajon :	Pishchanka district
Height :	232 m
Area :	7.47 km²
Residents :	5,282 (2014)
Population density :	707 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	24700
Area code :	+380 4349
Geographic location :	48 ° 12 '  N , 28 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '21 "  N , 28 ° 53' 20"  E
KOATUU :	0523255100
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement, 1 settlement
Address:	вул. Леніна 85 24700 смт. Піщанка
Statistical information
Pishchanka

Pishchanka ( Ukrainian Піщанка ; Russian Песчанка Pestschanka , Polish Pieszczana ) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine with about 5200 inhabitants (2014) and the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

Pishchanka is located in the southeast of Vinnytsia Oblast , 153 km south of the Vinnytsia oblast center and 10 km northeast of the border with Transnistria . In addition to Pishchanka, the settlement Trudowe ( Трудове ) with almost 500 inhabitants belongs to the settlement council .

The village was first mentioned in 1734 and in 1956 was given the status of an urban-type settlement.

House of Culture in Pishchanka

Sons and daughters of the settlement

• Julija Petrovna Rjabtschinskaja (1947–1973), canoeist, world champion and Olympic champion

Web links

Commons : Pishchanka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local history Pishchanka in the history of cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR
• Pieszczana . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 8 : Perepiatycha – Pożajście . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1887, p. 109 (Polish, edu.pl ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cities and towns in Ukraine on pop-stat, accessed on October 18, 2014 (Ukrainian)