| Kelmentsi | |||||||||||
| Native Name: | Ukrainian: Кельменці | ||||||||||
| Other Name: | Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Chelmenți | ||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Rural settlement | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Chernivtsi Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kelmentsi in Ukraine | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 48.4633°N 26.8292°W | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Dnistrovskyi Raion | ||||||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||||||
| Established Date: | 1559 | ||||||||||
| Established Title1: | Town status | ||||||||||
| Established Date1: | 1960 | ||||||||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||||||||
| Leader Name: | Valentyn Tverdokhlib[1] | ||||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 6.42 | ||||||||||
| Population Total: | 6985 | ||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||||
| Postal Code: | 60100 | ||||||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||||||
| Area Code: | +380 3732 | ||||||||||
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Kelmentsi (Ukrainian: Кельменці; Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Chelmenți) is a rural settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Dnistrovskyi Raion, housing the local district administration buildings. It hosts the administration of Kelmentsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population:
At the 2001 census, the town's population was 8,007,[1] which consisted mostly of ethnic Ukrainians. Kelmentsi itself is located in close proximity to the border with Moldova.
Starting in 1960, Kelmentsi was designated an urban-type settlement.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Kelmentsi served as an administrative center of Kelmentsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kelmentsi Raion was merged into Dnistrovskyi Raion.[4] [5]
On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Kelmentsi became a rural settlement.[6]