Vilkhivka rural hromada

Administrative unit in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Hromada in Ukraine

Vilkhivka rural hromada Вільхівська селищна громада
Hromada
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv
Raion	Kharkiv
Admin. center	Vilkhivka
Area
• Total	219 km² (85 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	12,030
• Density	55/km² (140/sq mi)
Settlements	11
Villages	11
Website	vilh.gov.ua

Vilkhivka rural territorial hromada (Ukrainian: Вільхівська територіа́льна грома́да) is a hromada (municipality) in Ukraine, in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast. The administrative center is the village of Vilkhivka.^[1]

Composition and extent

The area of the hromada is 219 square kilometres (85 sq mi),^[2] and the population is 12,030 (2022 estimate).^[3]

It consists of eleven villages:^[2]

Bairak [uk]
Biskvitne [uk]
Blahodatne [uk]
Bobrivka [uk]
Koropy [uk]
Mala Rohan
Sorokivka [uk]
Stepanky [uk]
Verkhnia Rohanka [uk]
Vilkhivka
Zatyshshia [uk]

And six rural-type settlements:^[2]

Elitne [uk]
Kutuzivka
Momotove [uk]
Prelesne [uk]
Slobidske [uk]
Zernove [uk]

History

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vilkhivka was conquered by the Russian troops in 2022, but was later retaken March 27 by the Ukrainian army.^[4]

References

^ "Вільхівська громада" (in Ukrainian). official website of Vilkhivka hromada. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Вільхівська територіальна громада". decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-01-12.
^ 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.
^ "It's 2 p.m. in Kyiv. Here's what you need to know", CNN, 27 March 2022