Myrne, Myrne settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Myrne Мирне
Urban-type settlement
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Coordinates: 47°25′56″N 37°43′47″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Volnovakha Raion
Hromada	Myrne settlement hromada
Founded	1951
Area [1]
• Total	0.87 km^2 (0.34 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	163 m (535 ft)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	1,631
• Density	1,900/km^2 (4,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	87124—87125
Area code	+380 6279

Myrne (Ukrainian: Мирне; Russian: Мирное, romanized: Mirnoye) is an urban-type settlement in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Myrne is the administrative center of Myrne settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 1,631 (2022 estimate).[3]

History

Myrne was founded in 1951 in connection with the construction of granite quarries in the local area. At the time of its founding, it was located in Telmanove Raion, Donetsk Oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. In 1967, Myrne received urban-type settlement status.[1]

In December 2014, during the war in Donbas, separatists loyal to the Donetsk People's Republic, a pro-Russian breakaway state in eastern Ukraine, had seized control of most of Telmanove Raion. As a result of the violence, the Ukrainian government moved the administration building and government of Telmanove Raion from Telmanove to Myrne.[4][5] Telmanove Raion was renamed Boikivske Raion in 2016.[1] In June 2020, Myrne became the center of Myrne settlement hromada within Volnovakha Raion.[6] Boikivske Raion was abolished by the Ukrainian government as an administrative unit in July 2020.[7][8]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Myrne had a population of 2,110 people. In terms of ethnic background, 81.4% were Russians and 18.19% were Ukrainians.[1] Native language:[9]

• Ukrainian 18.19%
• Russian 81.4%
• Belarusian 0.05%

Population history
Year	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2016	2022
Pop.	1,365[10]	2,440[10]	2,391[10]	2,293[10]	2,110[1]	1,766[11]	1,631[3]
±%	—	+78.8%	−2.0%	−4.1%	−8.0%	−16.3%	−7.6%

References

1. Лавренюк, М. А. (1 February 2018). "Мирне" [Myrne]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 20. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
2. "Myrne (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
3. 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
4. Laws of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No. 32-VIII: Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Донецької області, зміну і встановлення меж Волноваського, Новоазовського та Тельманівського районів Донецької області (On the changes in the administrative and territorial structure of Donetsk Oblast, changing and defining the boundaries of the Volnovakha, Novoazovsk and Telmanove Raions of Donetsk Oblast). Adopted on 11 December 2014. (Ukrainian)
5. "In the Donetsk Oblast three district centers removed from the territory seized by militants". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 8 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
6. "Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Донецької області".
7. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
8. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
9. Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua Archived 31 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
10. "Україна / Ukrajina". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
11. "Статистичний збірник «Чисельність наявного населення України» на 1 січня 2018 року" (PDF).