Zalizne

Zalizne
Залізне
Soviet war monument in Zalizne
Coordinates: 47°47′N 38°29′E / 47.783°N 38.483°E / 47.783; 38.483Coordinates: 47°47′N 38°29′E / 47.783°N 38.483°E / 47.783; 38.483
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk
Population (2013)
 • Total 5,598

Zalizne (Ukrainian: Залізне, formerly Artemove (Ukrainian: Артемове, Russian: Артёмово) is a city in Toretsk municipality, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 5,598 (2013 est.)[1]; 6,725 (2001).

On 19 May 2016, Artemove was renamed Zalizne conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Рада перейменувала Дніпродзержинськ на Кам'янське" (in Ukrainian). Українські Національні Новини. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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