Vashkivtsi
Вашківці
Vășcăuți  Waschkautz
St Nicholas Church
St Nicholas Church
Flag of Vashkivtsi
Coat of arms of Vashkivtsi
Vashkivtsi is located in Chernivtsi Oblast
Vashkivtsi
Vashkivtsi
Vashkivtsi is located in Ukraine
Vashkivtsi
Vashkivtsi
Coordinates: 48°22′31″N 25°29′52″E / 48.37528°N 25.49778°E / 48.37528; 25.49778
Country Ukraine
Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast
RaionVyzhnytsia Raion
Government
  MayorMykola Perch
Area
  Total6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Elevation
211 m (692 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
  Total5,215
  Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
59210-212
Area code+380 3730
Websitehttp://www.vashkivtsi.com/

Vashkivtsi (Ukrainian: Вашківці, romanized: Vaškivci, pronounced [ˈwɑʃkiu̯tsʲi]; Romanian: Vășcăuți; German: Waschkautz; Russian: Вашковцы, romanized: Vaškovcy) is a city in Vyzhnytsia Raion of Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is located in the historical region of Bukovina. It hosts the administration of Vashkivtsi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 5,215 (2022 estimate).[1]

One village is administered by the town, Voloka (Волока; Voloca).

History

The name of the town comes from the personal name Vas'ko. The first written mention of Vashkivtsi dates back to the 15th century, in the 1430s.[3]

Settlement established in 1903 as Waskoutz am Czeremosz within the Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Bukovina.

City since 1940.[4][5][6]

In January 1989, the population was 5811 people.[7][6]

In January 2013, the population was 5406 people.[8]

Transport

Notable people

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. "Вашковская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. "Історія Вашківців". Історико-краєзнавчий портрет Чернівецької області (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  4. 1 2 Вашковцы // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 4. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1971. стр.345
  5. 1 2 Вашковцы // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.199
  6. 1 2 3 Вашковцы // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.198
  7. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  8. "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.108" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
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