Kelmentsi

Kelmentsi (Ukrainian: Кельменці, IPA: [ˈkɛlʲments⁽ʲ⁾i]; Romanian: Chelmenți) is a rural settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Dnistrovskyi Raion, housing the local district administration buildings. It hosts the administration of Kelmentsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[3] Population: 6,985 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Kelmentsi Кельменці Chelmenți (in Romanian)
Rural settlement
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 26°49′45″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernivtsi Oblast
Raion	Dnistrovskyi Raion
Hromada	Kelmentsi settlement hromada
Founded	1559
Town status	1960
Government
• Mayor	Valentyn Tverdokhlib[1]
Area
• Total	6.42 km2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	6,985
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	60100
Area code	+380 3732

At the 2001 census, the town's population was 8,007,^[1] which consisted mostly of ethnic Ukrainians. Kelmentsi itself is located in close proximity to the border with Moldova.

History

Starting in 1960, Kelmentsi was designated an urban-type settlement.^[4]

Until 18 July 2020, Kelmentsi served as an administrative center of Kelmentsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kelmentsi Raion was merged into Dnistrovskyi Raion.^[5][6]

On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Kelmentsi became a rural settlement.^[7]

Notable people

• Nicolae Dan Cristescu [ro] (born 1929), Romanian mathematician, member of the Romanian Academy (since 1992)
• Igor Plotnitsky (born 1964), Ukrainian separatist leader
• Yuriy Tkachuk (born 1995), footballer