Walky

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walky
Валки
Walky Coat of Arms
Walky (Ukraine)
Walky
Walky
Basic data
Oblast : Kharkiv Oblast
Rajon : Walky Rajon
Height : 151 m
Area : 13.19 km²
Residents : 9,322 (2015)
Population density : 707 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 63000
Area code : +380 5753
Geographic location : 49 ° 50 '  N , 35 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '17 "  N , 35 ° 37' 2"  E
KOATUU : 6321210100
Administrative structure : 1 city
Mayor : Valery Volodymyrowytsch Skrypnichenko
Address: вул. К. Лібкнехта 16
63002 м. Валки
Website : http://valky.at.ua/
Statistical information
Walky (Kharkiv Oblast)
Walky
Walky
i1

Walky (Ukrainian Ukrainian Валки ; Russian Валки Walki ) is a city in Ukraine and the administrative center of the raion of the same name in the western Kharkiv Oblast with about 9,300 inhabitants (2015).

geography

Walky located on the banks of the river Mscha (Ukrainian Мжа ), a 77-km long tributary of the Donets . The Kharkiv Oblast Center can be reached in 54 km northeast and Poltava in 91 km southwest via the M 03 / E 40 road .

history

The place was founded in 1646. In April 1780 the place received the status of a city for the first time. In the meantime, Walky lost its town charter, which it received again in 1938. In the 19th century, the city was the administrative center of Ujesd Walky in Kharkov Governorate . From October 19, 1941 to mid-September 1943, the city was occupied by Wehrmacht troops.

Population development

1897 1923 1926 1959 1970 1979 1989 2001 2015
7,938 8,748 8,468 6,881 8,582 9,851 11,027 10,381 9,322

Source:

sons and daughters of the town

Rajon

Coat of arms of Walky Raion

Walky is the administrative center of Walky Rajon, founded in 1923 . It has an area of ​​1010.5 km², a population of around 32,200 inhabitants and a population density of 32 inhabitants per km². It borders the Poltava Oblast in the southwest .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
  2. ↑ City history on the city's website (Ukrainian)