Rafalivka

Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Рафалівка; Polish: Rafałówka) is an urban-type settlement in Volodymyrets Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 3,278 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 3,461 (2020 est.)[3]

Rafalivka Рафалівка Rafałówka
Urban-type settlement
Flag Coat of arms
Rafalivka Location of Rafalivka in Ukraine Rafalivka Rafalivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 51°18′33″N 25°59′46″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Rivne Oblast
Raion	Volodymyrets Raion
Founded	1902
Town status	1957
Government
• Town Head	Yuriy Bobrovnik
Area
• Total	12.26 km^2 (4.73 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	195 m (640 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	3,278
• Density	270/km^2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	34371
Area code	+380 3634
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

The settlement was founded in 1902 as poz'izd Polytsi (Ukrainian: роз'їзд Полиці). Its name was changed to Nova Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Нова Рафалівка) in 1927. The settlement's name was again changed to its current "Rafalivka" when it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.[2]

See also

• Volodymyrets, the other urban-type settlement in Volodymyrets Raion of Rivne Oblast

References

1. "Rafalivka (Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
2. "Rafalivka, Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

Further reading

• Hagin, Pinhas; Hagin, Malkah, eds. (2011). Memorial book for the towns of Old Rafalowka, New Rafalowka, Olizarka, Zoludzk and vicinity (Rafalovka, Ukraine). Sara Mages and Gloria Berkenstat Freund, translations. JewishGen. Online translation of Ner tamid : le-zekher ha-ʻayarot Rafalovḳah ha-yeshanah, Rafalovḳah ha-ḥadashah, Olizarḳah, Z'alutsḳ ṿeha-sevivah. Amherst, Massachusetts: National Yiddish Book Center. 2001. OCLC 320571012.