Krasne, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast
Krasne (Ukrainian: Красне) is a rural settlement in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. The settlement is located east of the city of Lviv, on the left bank of the Poltva, a right tributary of the Bug. It hosts the administration of Krasne settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 6,308 (2022 estimate).
History
Until 18 July 2020, Krasne belonged to Busk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Busk Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion.
Until 26 January 2024, Krasne was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Krasne became a rural settlement.
Economy
Transportation
The settlement has access to Highway M06 connecting Lviv with Kyiv via Rivne and Zhytomyr, and to Highway M09 connecting Lviv with Ternopil.
Krasne railway station is where the railway line from Lviv branches into two, running to Rivne and to Ternopil. There is passenger traffic.
Notable people
- Vasyl Kuk (1913–2007), Ukrainian nationalist activist and militant who was the last leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Красненская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.