Polonne

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Polonne
Полонне
Polonne coat of arms
Polonne (Ukraine)
Polonne
Polonne
Basic data
Oblast : Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Rajon : Polonne district
Height : 237 m
Area : 23.53 km²
Residents : 21,999 (January 1, 2011)
Population density : 935 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 30500
Area code : +380 3843
Geographic location : 50 ° 7 '  N , 27 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '12 "  N , 27 ° 30' 28"  E
KOATUU : 6823610100
Administrative structure : 1 city, 1 village
Mayor : Stanislav Rosumowskyj
Address: вул. Лесі Українки 113
30500 м. Полонне
Statistical information
Polonne (Khmelnitsky Oblast)
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Polonne (Ukrainian Полонне ; Russian Полонное / Polonnoje , Polish Połonne ) is a city in Ukraine about 86 kilometers north of the Oblast capital Khmelnyzkyj on the Chomora River.

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 996 and was initially in Poland in the Kiev Voivodeship . In the 16th century, the town, known for its castle, was granted Magdeburg town charter, in 1795 the town became part of Russia and was administratively in the Volhynia governorate . In 1873 the railway line Sdolbuniw - Shepetivka (today part of the railway line Kovel - Kozyatyn ) was opened north of the place , Polonne got a station on this line.

In 1938 Polonne was granted city rights again, the city forms together with the village of Hannussyne (Ганнусине), located to the west, a municipality and is the capital of the Polonne Rajon .

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Polonnoye , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , p. 608

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