Chemerivtsi

Chemerivtsi (Ukrainian: Чемерівці) is a rural settlement in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine.^[3] It hosts the administration of Chemerivtsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[4] The settlement's population was 5,431 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census^[3] and 5,088 (2022 estimate).^[5]

Chemerivtsi Чемерівці
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 49°00′44″N 26°21′11″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Raion	Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Hromada	Chemerivtsi settlement hromada
Founded	1565
Town status	1959
Government
• Town Head	Volodymyr Voitov[1]
Area
• Total	5.61 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	278 m (912 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	5,088
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	31600—31607
Area code	+380 3859
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

History

Chemerivtsi was first founded in 1565,^[3] and it received the Magdeburg rights in 1797.^[6] In 1898, the town had an almost exclusively Jewish population of 1,282.^[7] It received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1959.^[3]

Until 18 July 2020, Chemerivtsi was the administrative center of Chemerivtsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Chemerivtsi Raion was merged into Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion.^[8][9]

Until 26 January 2024, Chemerivtsi was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Chemerivtsi became a rural settlement.^[10]

See also

• Zakupne, the other urban-type settlement in the Chemerivtsi Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast