Levjerodonetsk

Levjerodonetsk
Сєвєродонецьк
	Levjerodonetsk
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	71 m
Area :	58.00 km²
Residents :	107,167 (2016)
Population density :	1,848 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	93400-93480
Area code :	+380 6452
Geographic location :	48 ° 57 '  N , 38 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '0 "  N , 38 ° 30' 0"  E
KOATUU :	4412900000
Administrative structure :	1 city, 4 urban-type settlements , 3 villages, 3 settlements
Mayor :	Valentin Kazakov
Address:	вул. Леніна 32 93 400 м. Сєверодонецьк
Website :	sed-rada.gov.ua
Statistical information
Levjerodonetsk

Sjewjerodonezk ( Ukrainian Сєвєродонецьк , until 2008 Сєверодонецьк Sjewerodonezk ; Russian Северодонецк Severodonetsk ) is a city in the west of the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine with about 110,000 inhabitants (as of 2016).

history

Palace of the Culture of Chemists

Holy Trinity Church in Severodonetsk

A chemical combine (Azot) and a workers' settlement Lis-chimstroj (Лисхимстрой) were founded in 1934. In 1950 the settlement was renamed Severodonetsk and received city rights in 1954. As part of the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014, the administration for the parts of Luhansk Oblast that remained under Ukrainian control was located in Levjerodonetsk.

geography

Sjewjerodonetsk is located about 70 km northwest of Luhansk and 100 km northeast of the city ​​of Donetsk in the neighboring Donetsk Oblast . The city lies on the banks of the Siversky Donets , the largest tributary on the right bank of the Don .

Severodonetsk divided administratively next to the city proper in the settlements of urban type Boriwske , Metjolkine , Syrotyne and Woronowe , the villages Bobrowe ( Боброве ) Wojewodiwka ( Воєводівка ) and Oskoloniwka ( Осколонівка ) and the settlements Lisna dacha ( Лісна Дача ) pavlohrad ( Павлоград ) and Synezkyj ( Синецький ).

economy

Levjerodonetsk is an important location for the chemical industry in Ukraine. In addition, the city acts as an administrative center for the Ukrainian-controlled parts of Luhansk Oblast.

traffic

For inner-city traffic there is public transport, which consists of several bus lines and trolleybus lines . There is a train station near Sjevjerodonetsk ( Lysychansk , 4 km away), from which trains to Kiev and regional trains run. There is a bus station in the city with national and international connections. Levjerodonetsk has an airport that has not been used commercially since the collapse of the Soviet Union .

Population development

1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2016
5,240	33,180	90.036	113.041	131,376	119.940	107.167

Source:

Aerial views of the city

Town twinning

Levjerodonetsk has the following four twin cities :

city	country	since
Ceadir-Lunga	Gagauzia, Republic of Moldova	2010
Jelenia Gora	Lower Silesia, Poland
Rivne	Ukraine	2007
Serpukhov	Moscow, Russia

sons and daughters of the town

• Nikolai Dawydenko (* 1981), Russian tennis player
• Pavel Gubarew (* 1983), Ukrainian politician; Spokesman for the pro-Russian movement in eastern Ukraine
• Alexander Komaristy (* 1989), Russian ice hockey player
• Rudi Molleker (* 2000), German tennis player

Web links

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

• Page about the city (Russian)
• Location information (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Луганська обласна рада "Міста обласного підпорядкування" замість найменування міста "Сєверодонецьк" записати - "Сєвєродонецьк" (Ukrainian)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
3. ↑ Города-побратимы. Retrieved October 6, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Єленя Гура - місто, де зберігають краще та впроваджують передове - Новини Сєвєродонецька. Retrieved October 6, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Довідка про Сєвєродонецьк. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .