Vilshany

Vilshany Вільшани
Rural settlement
Vilshany Location in Kharkiv Oblast Show map of Kharkiv Oblast Vilshany Location in Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°03′08″N 35°53′24″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Raion	Kharkiv Raion
Population  (2022)
• Total	6,682
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vilshany (Ukrainian: Вільшани, Russian: Ольшаны) is a rural settlement in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on both banks of the Kryvorotivka, a right tributary of the Udy, in the basin of the Don. Vilshany belongs to Solonytsivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,682 (2022 estimate).[2]

History

Until 18 July 2020, Vilshany belonged to Derhachi 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 Derhachi Raion was merged into Kharkiv Raion.[3][4]

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

Economy

Transportation

The closest railway station is in Peresichne, a few kilometers east, on the railway line connecting Kharkiv and Zolochiv which continues across the Russian border to Gotnya.

The settlement has road access to Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv.

References

1. "Солоницевская 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.