Staryi Merchyk
{{short description|Rural locality in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}}
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Staryi Merchyk ({{langx|uk|Старий Мерчик}}, {{langx|ru|Старый Мерчик}}) is a rural settlement in Bohodukhiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Mokryi Merchyk, a tributary of the Merchyk in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Staryi Merchyk belongs to Valky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Валковская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/valkivska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}} Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|1,763|punct=.}}
History
Until 18 July 2020, Staryi Merchyk belonged to Valky Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Valky Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}
Until 26 January 2024, Staryi Merchyk was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Staryi Merchyk became a rural settlement.{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |lang=ru| date=1 January 2024}}
Economy
=Transportation=
The closest railway stations are Merchyk on the railway connecting Kharkiv with Sumy via Bohodukhiv and Ohultsi on the railway connecting Kharkiv with Poltava. Both stations have some passenger traffic.
The settlement has access to Highway M03 which connects Kharkiv with Kyiv.