Verkhivtseve

Verkhivtseve (Ukrainian: Верхівцеве, IPA: [werˈxiu̯tsewe]) is a city in Kamianske Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. Verkhivtseve hosts the administration of Verkhivtseve urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 9,948 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Verkhivtseve Верхівцеве
City
Verkhivtseve train station
Flag Coat of arms
Verkhivtseve Location of Verkhivtseve Show map of Ukraine Verkhivtseve Verkhivtseve (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) Show map of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 48°29′7″N 34°15′14″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Raion	Kamianske Raion
Hromada	Verkhivtseve urban hromada
Government
• Mayor	Vasyl Fedorovych Zaluzhnyy
Area
• Total	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	10,142
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Area code	5658

In 2001, the population was 10,142. Verkhivtseve has a railway station. The area is mostly forested. The settlement of Verkhivtseve got status of city in 1956.

Until 18 July 2020, Verkhivtseve belonged to Verkhnodniprovsk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Verkhnodniprovsk Raion was merged into Kamianske Raion.^[3][4]

Demographics

Ethnic composition of the town as of 2001:^[5]

Ethnic groups in Verkhivtseve percent Ukrainians   87.95% Russians   9.90% Belarusians   0.56% Armenians   0.34% Moldovans   0.22% Gypsies   0.22% Azerbaijanis   0.13% Germans   0.12%