Bilyi Kolodiaz (Ukrainian: Білий Колодязь; Russian: Белый Колодезь) is a rural settlement in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located at the northeast of the oblast, in the drainage basin of the Donets. Bilyi Kolodiaz belongs to Vovchansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 3,601 (2022 estimate).[2]
Bilyi Kolodiaz
Білий Колодязь | |
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  Bilyi Kolodiaz Location in Kharkiv Oblast .svg) Bilyi Kolodiaz Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 50°12′22″N 37°06′35″E / 50.20611°N 37.10972°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion | Chuhuiv Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 3,601 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
editUntil 18 July 2020, Bilyi Kolodiaz belonged to Vovchansk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Vovchansk Raion was merged into Chuhuiv Raion.[3][4]
Until 26 January 2024, Bilyi Kolodiaz was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Bilyi Kolodiaz became a rural settlement.[5]
Economy
editTransportation
editBilyi Kolodiaz railway station in on the railway connecting Vovchansk and Kupiansk. There is infrequent passenger traffic.
The settlement has road connections with Vovchansk and with Prykolotne.
References
edit- ^ "Волчанская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.