Hranitne, Volnovakha Raion

Hranitne (Ukrainian: Гранітне; Russian: Гранитное; Greek: Γράνιτνα) is a village in Volnovakha Raion (district) in the Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The village is situated on the right (west) bank of the Kalmius river. The much smaller village of Staromarivka is just to the south, but on the other side of the river. There is a granite quarry just west of Hranitne.

Hranitne Гранітне
Village
Hranitne Location of Hranitne within Ukraine Show map of Donetsk Oblast Hranitne Hranitne (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°27′13″N 37°52′3″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Donetsk Oblast
District	Volnovakha Raion
Hromada	Myrne settlement hromada
Founded	1780
Elevation [1]	48 m (157 ft)
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	3,615
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	87123
Area code	+380 6279

The Kalmius became the boundary between Donetsk People's Republic-controlled territory on the east bank of the river, and Ukrainian government-controlled territory on the west bank, after an offensive by the Russian-backed forces of the Donetsk People's Republic in August 2014 during the War in Donbass.^[2]

The war has caused civilian and military casualties.^[3][4][5][6] On 26 February 2016 the spokesman of the Presidential Administration on issues related to ATO reported that a Ukrainian serviceman was killed in the village the previous day.^[7]

Demographics

The population consists mainly of Urums (Turkic-speaking Greeks), who migrated there from the Crimean peninsula in the end of the 18th century.

Population

1859	1908	1935	2001
2,425	3,270	2,281	3,576