Dvorichna

Dvorichna (Ukrainian: Дворічна, pronounced [dwoˈr⁽ʲ⁾it͡ʃnɐ]) is an urban-type settlement in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dvorichna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 3,290 (2022 est.).[2]

Dvorichna
Дворічна
Town
Dvorichna is located in Ukraine
Dvorichna
Dvorichna
Location in Ukraine
Dvorichna is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Dvorichna
Dvorichna
Dvorichna (Kharkiv Oblast)
Coordinates: 49°51′N 37°40′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kharkiv Oblast
RaionKupiansk Raion
Founded1660
Area
  Total4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Elevation
88 m (289 ft)
Population
 (2022)
  Total3,290
  Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
62709
Area code+380 5750

History

It was a village in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

A local newspaper is published here since July 1931.[3]

Urban-type settlement since 1960.

In January 1989 the population was 4807 people.[4]

In January 2013 the population was 3812 people.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Dvorichna was the administrative center of Dvorichna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Dvorichna Raion was merged into Kupiansk Raion.[6][7]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dvorichna was a scene of fighting for over a month before being occupied by Russian forces on 14 April 2022. On 11 September 2022, the settlement returned to Ukrainian control during a major counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast.[8]

References

  1. "Двуречанская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. № 3149. Колхозное утро // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.412
  4. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.98
  6. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  8. https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/11-september-ukrainian-forces-reached-dvorichna

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