Chornyi Ostriv

Chornyi Ostriv (Ukrainian: Чорний Острів, Polish: Czarny Ostrów) is an urban-type settlement in the Khmelnytskyi Raion (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.[2] The town's population was 924 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census[2] and 956 (2020 est.)[3]

Chornyi Ostriv Чорний Острів
Urban-type settlement
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Coordinates: 49°30′25″N 26°45′56″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
District	Khmelnytskyi Raion
Founded	1366
Town status	1957
Government
• Town Head	Anatoliy Parasyna
Area
• Total	6.23 km^2 (2.41 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	956
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	31310
Area code	+380 382
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

Chornyi Ostriv was first founded in 1366, and it received the Magdeburg rights in 1556.[4] Since 1957, it has the status of an urban-type settlement.

People from Chornyi Ostriv

• Aleksander Narcyz Przezdziecki (1814-1871), Polish historian
• Karol Dominik Przezdziecki (1782-1832), Polish count

References

1. "Chornyi Ostriv (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. "Chornyi Ostriv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
4. "Chornyi Ostriv - important settlement? Or maybe not?". Chornyi Ostriv (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.