Vilshanka

Vilshanka Вільшанка
Rural settlement
Vilshanka Location in Kirovohrad Oblast Show map of Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast Vilshanka Location in Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°13′58″N 30°53′00″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kirovohrad Oblast
Raion	Holovanivsk Raion
Hromada	Vilshanka settlement hromada
Population  (2022)
• Total	4,526
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vilshanka (Ukrainian: Вільшанка, Russian: Ольшанка) is a rural settlement in Holovanivsk Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Syniukha, a left tributary of the Southern Bug. Vilshanka hosts the administration of Vilshanka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 4,526 (2022 estimate).[2]

History

Until 18 July 2020, Vilshanka was the administrative center of Vilshanka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Vilshanka Raion was merged into Holovanivsk Raion.[3][4]

Until 26 January 2024, Vilshanka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Vilshanka became a rural settlement.[5]

Economy

Transportation

The settlement has road access to Pervomaisk and from there to Highway H24 connecting Holovanivsk and Mykolaiv.

The closest railway station is in Pervomaisk on the railway connecting Kropyvnytskyi with Vinnytsia and Odesa.

References

1. "Ольшанская 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
5. "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.