Pisochyn

Pisochyn (Ukrainian: Пісочин, Russian: Песочин) is a rural settlement in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is essentially a western suburb of the city of Kharkiv. Pisochyn hosts the administration of Pisochyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 23,509 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Pisochyn Пісочин
Rural settlement
General view of Pisochyn
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Pisochyn Location in Kharkiv Oblast Show map of Kharkiv Oblast Pisochyn Location in Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°57′34″N 36°06′39″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Raion	Kharkiv Raion
Population  (2022)
• Total	23,509
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 26 January 2024, Pisochyn was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Pisochyn became a rural settlement.^[3]

Economy

Transportation

Pisochyn and Ryzhov railway stations are on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Poltava. There is local passenger traffic.

The settlement is included in the road network of Kharkiv urban agglomeration. In particular, the eastern boundary of Pisochyn is the Kharkiv Ring Road.

References

1. "Песочинская 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. "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.