Snishne

Snishne

Сніжне

Snishne

Basic data

Oblast :

Donetsk Oblast

Rajon :

District-free city

Height :

278 m

Area :

18.9 km²

Residents :

47,296 (2016)

Population density :

2,502 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

86500

Area code :

+380 6256

Geographic location :

48 ° 2 ' N , 38 ° 46' E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '0 " N , 38 ° 46' 0" E

KOATUU :

1414400000

Administrative structure :

1 city , 10 urban-type settlements , 3 settlements

Address:

вул. Леніна 39
86 500 м. Сніжне

Website :

http://snezhnoe-rada.gov.ua/

Statistical information

Snishne

Snischne ( Ukrainian Сніжне ; Russian Снежное Sneschnoje , German: "Schneeort") is a city of regional importance in eastern Ukraine and a center of coal mining and the food industry in the Donets Basin with around 47,000 inhabitants (2016).

Coal mine No. 9

history

Founded in 1784 by a Cossack general named Ivan Vasiliev, the place was named Wassyliwka (Василівка) in his honor until 1864 . Snischne has had the status of a town since 1938. From October 1941 to September 1943 the city was occupied by troops of the German Wehrmacht .

The city has been under the control of the internationally unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic since 2014 and, according to the Ukrainian government, belongs to an area in which the organs of state power temporarily do not exercise their powers.

geography

Geographical location

Snizhne is located 75 km east of Donetsk Oblast center and 12 km east of Tores in the southeast of Donetsk Oblast on the border with Luhansk Oblast . The national trunk road N 21 runs past the city .

City structure

The municipality has a total of 70,600 inhabitants (2013). It is divided into the city itself and the 5 settlement councils:

Andriivka with:
- Andriivka ( urban-type settlement )
Hirnyzke with:
- Braschyne (urban-type settlement)
- Hirnyzke (urban-type settlement)
- Lymantschuk (urban-type settlement)
- Nykyforowe (urban-type settlement)
Salisne with:
- Salisne (urban-type settlement)
Pervomajskyj with
- Pervomayske (urban-type settlement)
- Pervomajskyj (urban-type settlement)
- Pobjeda (urban-type settlement)
- Tscherwonyj Schowten ( settlement , Ukrainian Червоний Жовтень - officially since 2016 Balka / Балка)
Sjewerne with:
- Sjewerne (urban-type settlement)
- Moltschalyne (settlement, Ukrainian Молчалине)
- Sukhivske (settlement, Ukrainian Сухівське)