Sloboschanske (Smijiw)

Sloboschanske
Слобожанське
	Sloboschanske
Basic data
Oblast :	Kharkiv Oblast
Rajon :	Smiyiv Raion
Height :	no information
Area :	1.4 km²
Residents :	14,406 (2017)
Population density :	10,290 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	63460
Area code :	+380 5747
Geographic location :	49 ° 36 '  N , 36 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '35 "  N , 36 ° 31' 26"  E
KOATUU :	6321755600
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement , 2 settlements
Address:	вул. Миру буд. 7 63460 смт. Слобожанське
Website :	City council website
Statistical information
Sloboschanske

Sloboschanske ( Ukrainian Слобожанське ; Russian Слобожанское Slobozhanskoye ) is an urban-type settlement in the center of the Ukrainian Oblast of Kharkiv with around 14,400 inhabitants (2017).

The thermal power plant as seen from Lake Lyman at night

The place was founded in 1956 under the name Komsomolske ( Комсомольське ) and received urban-type settlement status in 1960. On February 4, 2016, the place was renamed Sloboschanske as part of the decommunization process . The Smijiw power plant (Ukrainian Зміївська ТЕС ) is one of the largest thermal power plants in Ukraine in Sloboschanske .

geography

The place is located in Smijiw Raion on the bank of the 16 km² Lyman Lake and on the regional road P-78 59 km southeast of the Kharkiv Oblast center and 22 km southeast of the Smijiw Raion center .

The Sloboschanske settlement council, in addition to the urban-type settlement, also includes the settlements Blahodatne ( Благодатне ⊙ ) with 590 inhabitants and Donets ( Донець ⊙ ) with around 1700 inhabitants.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Demographics of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on October 26, 2017
2. ^ Local history Komsomolske in the history of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on October 26, 2017 (Ukrainian)
3. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 04.02.2016 № 984-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів