Desna
Десна
Rural settlement
Town entrance sign
Town entrance sign
Flag of Desna
Flag
Coat of arms of Desna
Coat of arms
Desna is located in Ukraine
Desna
Desna
Location of Desna in Chernihiv Oblast
Desna is located in Chernihiv Oblast
Desna
Desna
Desna (Chernihiv Oblast)
Coordinates: 50°55′52″N 30°45′25″E / 50.93111°N 30.75694°E / 50.93111; 30.75694
Country Ukraine
OblastChernihiv Oblast
RaionChernihiv Raion
Town status1960
Government
 • Town HeadYuriy Ostashevskyi
Area
 • Total0.08 km2 (0.03 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
125 m (410 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total7,297
 • Density91,000/km2 (240,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
17024
Area code+380 4646
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Desna (Ukrainian: Десна) is a rural settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine.[2] It hosts the administration of Desna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] The settlement's population was 7,180 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2] Current population: 7,297 (2022 estimate).[4] It is named after the Desna River which flows through the settlement.

The settlement houses a major military training center (169th Training Centre) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was hit by an airstrike by Russian forces on 17 May 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On the 25 June, the town was hit with cruise missiles, causing large amounts of damage but no casualties were reported.[5]

History

Until 18 July 2020, Desna belonged to Kozelets Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Kozelets Raion was merged into Chernihiv Raion.[6][7]

Until 26 January 2024, Desna was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Desna became a rural settlement.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Desna (Chernihiv Oblast, Kozelets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Desna, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Kozelets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Деснянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Russians launch 20 missiles against town 60km north of Kyiv, destroying infrastructure". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  8. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.

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