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 949 in 2011.[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  (2012)
• Total	978
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. "Actual Population of Ukraine on January 1, 2011". State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Main Statistical Office in L'viv region. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
4. "Chornyi Ostriv - important settlement? Or maybe not?". Chornyi Ostriv (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.