Shatsk, Ukraine

Shatsk (Ukrainian Шацьк; Russian Шацк; Polish Szack ) is an urban-type settlement in the far north- west of Ukraine. Shatsk has 5370 inhabitants ( 2012) and is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The first mention of the place in the year 1470. 1595 was the place is mentioned in documents as a city. At the beginning of the Second World War took place here at the battle took Szack between Polish and Soviet Russian troops. From June 25 1941 to July 21, 1944 the site was occupied by the Wehrmacht. Since 1957 Shatsk has the status of an urban-type settlement.

Geography

Location

The settlement is situated 154 km north-west of Lutsk Oblastzentrums and 84 km north- west of Kovel in the Volyn oblast. Near the village the Biosphere Reserve National Park Shatsk lies with the Svityaz Lake, a Ramsar sites in Ukraine.

Settlement Council local

The settlement council community Shatsk which has an area of ​​169.551 km ² and a population of about 7100 inhabitants, include, in addition to the urban settlement Shatsk, nor the villages Hajiwka ( Гаївка ) and Melnyky ( Мельники ).

Rajon

Shatsk is the administrative center of the raion Shatsk, which is bordered on the west by Poland and the north by Belarus. It has an area of 759 km ² and a population of about 17,000 inhabitants. The population density is about 23 persons per km ². In Rajon There are 30 villages, which are summarized in eight district municipalities and the municipal council community Shatsk.