Komysh-Zoria | |
Native Name: | Комиш-Зоря |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Rural settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Zaporizhia Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Zaporizhzhia Oblast##Location in Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 47.3264°N 36.6925°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Polohy Raion |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 2090 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Komysh-Zoria settlement hromada |
Komysh-Zoria (Ukrainian: Комиш-Зоря; Russian: Камыш-Заря|Kamysh-Zarya) is a rural settlement in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. It is located in the steppe between Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol. Komish-Zoria hosts the administration of Komysh-Zoria settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population:
On 25 October 2015, Komysh-Zoria became the center of the newly formed Komysh-Zoria settlement hromada, originally an amalgamated hromada of Ukraine formed through the voluntary mergers of local rural and urban councils.
Until 18 July 2020, Komysh-Zoria belonged to Bilmak Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Bilmak Raion was merged into Polohy Raion.[2] [3]
On 18 November 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was reported by Ukrainian news outlets that Russian forces had murdered a family in Komysh-Zoria, citing law enforcement officials and Ukrainian security services. One source blamed the murders on militants of the Donetsk People's Republic and soldiers from Ossetia.[4]
Komysh-Zoria is a railway junction, with lines running north-west to Polohy and on to Zaporizhzhia city, west to Tokmak and then south to Melitopol, and north-east to Volnovakha and on to Donetsk and Mariupol. Komysh-Zoria railway station has some passenger traffic.
The settlement has access to Highway H08 connecting Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol.