Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast

Zolochiv (Ukrainian Золочів; Russian Золочев / Zolochev ) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine and the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons in the northwest of the Kharkiv Oblast with about 10,800 inhabitants ( 2013).

Geography

Zolochiv located on the banks of the Udy, a tributary of the Donets and on the railway line to Oblastzentrum Kharkiv, which located 44 km south-east of the village.

The settlement council community Zolochiv has a total of about 13,100 inhabitants, an area of ​​177.1 km ² and thus a population density of 74 inhabitants per km ². The settlement council community include, in addition to Zolochiv following villages: Beresiwka ( Березівка ​​) Buhaji Druhi ( Бугаї Другі ) Srubanka ( Зрубанка ) Lytwynowe ( Литвинове ) Makarycha ( Макариха ) Orischanka ( Орішанка ) Rossochuwate ( Розсохувате ) Snihy ( Сніги ) and Zapiwka ( Цапівка ).

History

Established the place was in 1677th From October 22 1941 to 8 August 1943, the village by troops of the Wehrmacht was occupied. Since 1925 Zolochiv has the status of an urban-type settlement.

Demographics

Source: 1790-1861; 1897, 1923-1989; 2001-2013

Rajon

Zolochiv is the administrative center of the company founded in 1923 Rajon Zolochiv. It has an area of 968.6 km ², a population of about 27,000 inhabitants and a population density of 28 inhabitants per km ². It is bordered to the north by Russia.