Vashkivtsi

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{{short description|City in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Vashkivtsi

| native_name = {{lang|uk|Вашківці}}

| settlement_type = City

| nickname =

| motto =

| image_skyline = File:Вашківці Миколаївська церква.jpg

| imagesize =

| image_caption = Saint Nicholas Church

| image_flag = Vaskovcy.png

| image_shield = Coats of arms of Vashkivtsi (Ukraine).png

| seal_caption =

| pushpin_map = Ukraine Chernivtsi Oblast#Ukraine

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Oblast

| subdivision_name1 = Chernivtsi Oblast

| subdivision_type2 = Raion

| subdivision_name2 = Vyzhnytsia Raion

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Mykola Perch

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 6.8

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| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 211

| population_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_total = 5215

| population_density_km2 = auto

| coordinates = {{coord|48|22|31|N|25|29|52|E|region:UA|display=it}}

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 59210-212

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = +380 3730

| website = http://www.vashkivtsi.com/

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| subdivision_type3 = Hromada

| subdivision_name3 = Vashkivtsi urban hromada

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Vashkivtsi ({{Langx|uk|Вашківці|}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈwɑʃkiu̯tsʲi|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Вашківці.wav}}; {{langx|ro|Vășcăuți}}; {{langx|de|Waschkautz}}; {{langx|yi|וואַסקעוויץ|Vashkovitz}}; {{Langx|ru|Вашковцы|Vaškovcy}}) is a city in Vyzhnytsia Raion of Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is located in the historical region of Bukovina. It hosts the administration of Vashkivtsi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Вашковская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/vashkivetska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}} Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|5215|punct=.}}

One village is administered by the town, Voloka ({{langx|uk|Волока}}, {{langx|ro|Voloca}}).

History

The name of the town comes from the personal name Vas'ko. The first written mention of Vashkivtsi dates back to the 15th century, in the 1430s.{{Cite web |title=Історія Вашківців |url=https://bukportret.info/vizhnitskiy-rayon/vashkivtsi/istoriya-vashkivtsi/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Історико-краєзнавчий портрет Чернівецької області |language=uk}}

Settlement established in 1903 as Waskoutz am Czeremosz within the Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Bukovina.

City since 1940.Вашковцы // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 4. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1971. стр.345Вашковцы // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.199Вашковцы // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.198

In January 1989, the population was 5811 people.[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу]

In January 2013, the population was 5406 people.{{Cite web |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |title=Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.108 |access-date=2019-08-03 |archive-date=2013-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013028/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Transport

There is a railway station in Vashkivtsi.

Notable people

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