Wessele

Wessele

Веселе

Wessele

Basic data

Oblast :

Zaporizhia Oblast

Rajon :

Wessele district

Height :

75 m

Area :

14.00 km²

Residents :

10,063 (2016)

Population density :

719 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

71600

Area code :

+380 6136

Geographic location :

47 ° 1 ' N , 34 ° 55' E Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '49 " N , 34 ° 55' 9" E

KOATUU :

2321255100

Administrative structure :

1 urban-type settlement , 3 villages

Mayor :

Petro Kijaschko

Address:

вул. Леніна 162
72200 смт. Веселе

Statistical information

Wessele

Wessele (Ukrainian Веселе ; Russian Весёлое / Wessjoloje ) is an urban-type settlement in the Zaporizhia Oblast in south-central Ukraine with 10,000 inhabitants (2016).

View of the main square in the village

The place, mentioned for the first time in 1815, is the administrative center of the Wessele Rajons and has had the status of an urban-type settlement since 1957.

geography

Wessele is located between the Kachowka reservoir in the north and the Sea of Azov, 80 km southeast of the town. The Oblast capital Zaporizhia is about 125 km away. The closest major city is Melitopol 38 km southeast of Wessele.

In addition to Wessele, the settlement council also includes the villages Jelysawetiwka (Єлизаветівка), Nowoolexandriwka (Новоолександрівка) and Jasna Polyana (Ясна Поляна).

Rajon

The Rajon Wessele, of which the administrative center is the place, was founded on March 7, 1923. It has an area of 1,129 km² and a population of around 25,000. The population density is 23 inhabitants per km².

Web links

Commons : Wessele - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on the place in the Encyclopedia of the History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian)
Entry on the place in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

↑ Cities and Settlements of Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org

[1] Cities and Settlements of Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org