Shchastya

Shchastya
Щастя
	Shchastya
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Novoajdar district
Height :	no information
Area :	10.76190 km²
Residents :	12,626 (2014)
Population density :	1,173 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	91480
Area code :	+380 642
Geographic location :	48 ° 44 '  N , 39 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 44 '17 "  N , 39 ° 13' 52"  E
KOATUU :	4410161400
Administrative structure :	1 city
Mayor :	Boginja Aleksander Aleksandrovich
Address:	пл. Миру 9 91480 м. Щастя
Website :	http://www.schastye-rada.gov.ua/
Statistical information
Shchastya

Shchastja ( Ukrainian Щастя ; Russian Счастье Stschastje ) is a city in the center of the Ukrainian Oblast Luhansk with about 12,600 inhabitants (2014).

Orthodox church in the city

Shchastja is located on the left bank of the Siversky Donets 24 km north of the Oblast capital Luhansk and 36 km southeast of the district center Novoajdar .

The village, founded in the middle of the 18th century, was administratively part of the town of Shovtneve of the city of Luhansk until October 2014 and since then has been part of the Novoajdar district after the urban area of ​​Luhansk south of the Siversky Donets was occupied by pro-Russian rebels in the course of the war in eastern Ukraine . The village has had its current name since 1956 and has had city status since 1963. Since mid-2014, the city has been on the frontline to the separatist areas of eastern Ukraine.

The trunk road N 21 and the territorial road T – 13–09 run through the city . The Luhansk power plant is located in the city .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова, План від 07.10.2014 № 1692-VII Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Луганської області, зміну і встановлення меж Новоайдарського і Слов'яносербського районів Луганської області