Vilniansk
Vilniansk
Вільнянськ Вольнянск | |
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 Vilniansk railway station | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Vilniansk Location in Zaporizhzhia Oblast  Vilniansk Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 47°56′31″N 35°25′41″E / 47.94194°N 35.42806°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Zaporizhzhia Raion |
| Hromada | Vilniansk urban hromada |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Natalya Musienko |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 157 m (515 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 14,324 |
| • Density | 3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi) |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | vilnyanska |
Vilniansk (Ukrainian: Вільнянськ, pronounced [wilʲˈnʲɑnʲsʲk]; Russian: Вольнянск, romanized: Volnyansk, pronounced [vɐlʲˈnʲansk]) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine and the administrative center of Vilniansk urban hromada. Population: 14,324 (2022 estimate).[1]
It was the administrative center of Vilniansk Raion (district) until 2020, when the raion was abolished in accordance with administrative reforms and its area merged into Zaporizhzhia Raion.
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Vilniansk had a population of 16,456 inhabitants. The ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:[2][3]
Gallery
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Industrial enterprise in Vilniansk -
Vilnianka River -
Old city center of Vilniausk -
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Hospital of Vilniansk after Russian shelling, 2022-11-23
Sons and Daughters of the City
- Eduard Sobol (* 1995), football player
- Avramenko Natalia – Ukrainian doctor and politician. Honored Doctor of Ukraine.
- Voloshchuk Mykhailo (1980–2014) – Lieutenant Colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fighter of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps "Right Sector".
- Taryanyk Vasyl (1908–1989) – film director.
- Khomyak Kateryna (1922–2018) – actress of the Maria Sankovetska Theater (Lviv), Honored Artist of Ukraine.
- Syrota Mykola (1924–2003) – Honorary Citizen of the City of Vilna, a leading figure who served for over 22 years as director of the city-forming Vilna Shevchenko Plant.
- Bilai Ananiy – Ukrainian agronomist and gardener.
- Volodymyr Biletskyy – Ukrainian mining scientist, public and political figure, Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, full member of several scientific and academic organizations.
- Lyubasenko Valentyn (1925–2007) – surgeon, World War II participant, recipient of the Order.
- Heinrich Neufeld – owner and manager of the agricultural machinery factory in Sofiyivka (Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region) since 1871.
- Serdyuk Vadym – Ukrainian sportsman, master of sports in sports tourism.
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
- ^ "Національний склад міст".