List of cities in Chernihiv Oblast

There are 16 populated places in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament.^[2] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status, although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.^[3][4][5] As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence,^[a] the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital, Chernihiv, with a population of 304,994 people, while the least populous city was Baturyn, with 3,078 people.^[6][7] Following the passing of decommunization laws, one city within the oblast, Snovsk, was renamed in 2016 from its previous name, Shchors, for its connection with people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union.^[8][9][10]

Location of cities in Chernihiv Oblast.^[1]

From independence in 1991 to 2020, four cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining 12 cities were located in 22 raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.^[11][12][7] On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into five new, expanded raions.^[3][13] The five raions that make up the oblast are Chernihiv, Koriukivka, Nizhyn, Novhorod-Siverskyi, and Pryluky.^[14]

List of cities

Chernihiv, capital and most populous city in Chernihiv Oblast^[2][15]

Nizhyn, second most populous city in the oblast and the site of numerous Ukrainian Baroque churches^[2][16]

Pryluky, third most populous city and a minor industrial center^[2][17]

Cities in Chernihiv Oblast

Name	Name (in Ukrainian)[2][b]	Raion (district)	Popu­lation (2022 esti­mates)[2]	Popu­lation (2001 census)[7]	Popu­lation change
Bakhmach	Бахмач	Nizhyn	16,862	23,417	−27.99%
Baturyn	Батурин	Nizhyn	2,406	3,078	−21.83%
Bobrovytsia	Бобровиця	Nizhyn	10,541	11,916	−11.54%
Borzna	Борзна	Nizhyn	9,454	11,707	−19.24%
Chernihiv	Чернігів	Chernihiv	282,747	304,994	−7.29%
Horodnia	Городня	Chernihiv	11,506	14,043	−18.07%
Ichnia	Ічня	Pryluky	10,390	12,780	−18.70%
Koriukivka	Корюківка	Koriukivka	12,202	14,318	−14.78%
Mena	Мена	Koriukivka	10,935	12,940	−15.49%
Nizhyn	Ніжин	Nizhyn	65,830	76,625	−14.09%
Nosivka	Носівка	Nizhyn	12,908	15,966	−19.15%
Novhorod-Siverskyi	Новгород-Сіверський	Novhorod-Siverskyi	12,375	15,175	−18.45%
Oster	Остер	Chernihiv	5,564	7,194	−22.66%
Pryluky	Прилуки	Pryluky	51,637	64,861	−20.39%
Semenivka	Семенівка	Novhorod-Siverskyi	7,792	9,656	−19.30%
Snovsk	Сновськ	Koriukivka	10,620	12,315	−13.76%

See also

• List of cities in Ukraine

Notes

1. As of 11 July 2023^[6]
2. Links to the Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each city