Rafalivka
Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Рафалівка; Polish: Rafałówka) is a rural settlement in Varash Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 3,278 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: 3,434 (2022 estimate).
History
The settlement was founded in 1902 as poz'izd Polytsi (Ukrainian: роз'їзд Полиці). Its name was changed to Nova Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Нова Рафалівка) in 1927. The settlement's name was again changed to its current "Rafalivka" when it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.
On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Rafalivka became a rural settlement.
See also
- Volodymyrets, the other urban-type settlement in Volodymyrets Raion of Rivne Oblast
References
- ^ "Rafalivka (Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "Rafalivka, Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
Further reading
- Hagin, Pinhas; Hagin, Malkah, eds. (2011). Memorial book for the towns of Old Rafalowka, New Rafalowka, Olizarka, Zoludzk and vicinity (Rafalovka, Ukraine). Sara Mages and Gloria Berkenstat Freund, translations. JewishGen. Online translation of Ner tamid : le-zekher ha-ʻayarot Rafalovḳah ha-yeshanah, Rafalovḳah ha-ḥadashah, Olizarḳah, Z'alutsḳ ṿeha-sevivah. Amherst, Massachusetts: National Yiddish Book Center. 2001. OCLC 320571012.