Novovasylivka, Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Novovasylivka (Ukrainian: Нововасилівка; Russian: Нововасильевка) is a rural settlement in Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. It is located in the steppe some 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the coast of the Sea of Azov. Novovasylivka hosts the administration of Novovasylivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 2,183 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Novovasylivka Нововасилівка
Rural settlement
Novovasylivka Location in Zaporizhzhia Oblast Show map of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Novovasylivka Location in Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 46°50′06″N 35°44′52″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Raion	Melitopol Raion
Population  (2022)
• Total	2,183
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 18 July 2020, Novovasylivka belonged to Pryazovske 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 Pryazovske Raion was merged into Melitopol Raion.^[3][4]

Economy

Transportation

The settlement has access to highway M14 which runs parallel to the sea coast, connecting Melitopol and Mariupol.

References

1. "Нововасилівська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
2. 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.
3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.