Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Horodok (Ukrainian: Городок, IPA: [ɦoroˈdɔk] ) is a city in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population was 17,746 according to the 2001 census. Current population is 15,633 (2022 estimate).
Until 18 July 2020, Horodok was the administrative center of Horodok Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Horodok Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.
Notable people
- Clara Lemlich - American union organizer, suffragist
- Jan Paul Lenga - Priest, archbishop
Gallery
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Ancient oak in downtown Horodok -
The Smotrych River in Horodok -
Local history museum -
Jewish cemetery
References
- ^ "Городецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
