Staryi Merchyk

Staryi Merchyk
Старий Мерчик
Flag of Staryi Merchyk
Coat of arms of Staryi Merchyk
Staryi Merchyk is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Staryi Merchyk
Staryi Merchyk
Location in Kharkiv Oblast
Staryi Merchyk is located in Ukraine
Staryi Merchyk
Staryi Merchyk
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°58′45″N 35°45′36″E / 49.97917°N 35.76000°E / 49.97917; 35.76000
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionBohodukhiv Raion
Population
 (2022)
 • Total1,763
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Staryi Merchyk (Ukrainian: Старий Мерчик, Russian: Старый Мерчик) is a rural settlement in Bohodukhiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Mokryi Merchyk, a tributary of the Merchyk in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Staryi Merchyk belongs to Valky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 1,763 (2022 estimate).[2]

History

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Until 18 July 2020, Staryi Merchyk belonged to Valky Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Valky Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv Raion.[3][4]

Until 26 January 2024, Staryi Merchyk was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Staryi Merchyk became a rural settlement.[5]

Economy

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Transportation

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The closest railway stations are Merchyk on the railway connecting Kharkiv with Sumy via Bohodukhiv and Ohultsi on the railway connecting Kharkiv with Poltava. Both stations have some passenger traffic.

The settlement has access to Highway M03 which connects Kharkiv with Kyiv.

References

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  1. ^ "Валковская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.