| Official Name: | Dvorichna | ||||||||||||
| Native Name: | Дворічна | ||||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Rural settlement | ||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Kharkiv Oblast | ||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Kupiansk Raion | ||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Dvorichna settlement hromada | ||||||||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||||||||
| Established Date: | 1660 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation M: | 88 | ||||||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 4.04 | ||||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Population Total: | 80 | ||||||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||||||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 49.85°N 77°W | ||||||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||||||
| Postal Code: | 62709 | ||||||||||||
| Area Code: | +380 5750 | ||||||||||||
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Dvorichna (uk|Дворічна, pronounced as /uk/) is a rural settlement in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dvorichna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the town was recaptured by Ukrainian forces on 11 September 2022 during a major counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Oblast.
In July 1931, the town began publishing its own local newspaper, which it still continues to do today.[2]
In 1960, the town became classified as an urban-type settlement. This remained until 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dvorichna became a rural settlement.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Dvorichna was the administrative center of Dvorichna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Dvorichna Raion was merged into Kupiansk Raion.[4] [5]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dvorichna was a scene of fighting for over a month before being occupied by Russian forces on 14 April 2022. On 11 September 2022, the settlement returned to Ukrainian control during the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive.[6] After the recapture, however, the town still remained relatively close to the frontline, and as a result had the population of the town has fall from 3,500 before the war to 80 as of February 2024, and 80% of the buildings in the town become damaged to some degree, including all 35 apartment buildings.[7]
The population of the town has been counted three times; once in January 1989, where the population was recorded at 4,807 people,[8] again in January 2013, where the population was recorded at 3,812 people.[9] and most recently in 2022, when the population was estimated to be around