Chechelnyk
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Chechelnyk (earlier also Chichelnik; ) is a rural settlement on the Savranka River (a tributary of the Southern Bug) in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine, near Odesa Oblast, located in the historic region of Podolia. Chechelnyk was formerly the administrative center of Chechelnyk Raion, although it is now administrated under the Haisyn Raion. The economy is based on the food industry, especially alcohol production. Population:
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chechelnyk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Rural settlement
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Синагога, смт. Чечельник.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Synagogue of Chechelnyk, late 18th century
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- Chechelnyk gerb.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast#Ukraine
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Vinnytsia Oblast
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- District
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7,94
- Settlement.population_total
- 4785
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
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Chechelnyk (earlier also Chichelnik; ) is a rural settlement on the Savranka River (a tributary of the Southern Bug) in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine, near Odesa Oblast, located in the historic region of Podolia. Chechelnyk was formerly the administrative center of Chechelnyk Raion, although it is now administrated under the Haisyn Raion. The economy is based on the food industry, especially alcohol production. Population:
== History == Chechelnyk was founded "as a refuge from Tatars and landlords" in the early 16th century and achieved the status of a town in 1635. Until the Partitions of Poland Czeczelnik was part of the Bracław Voivodeship of the Lesser Poland Province. It was a private town of Poland, owned by the House of Lubomirski. The 5th Polish Vanguard Regiment was stationed in Czeczelnik in 1789, and the 2nd Polish Vanguard Regiment was stationed there in 1792.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chechelnyk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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