Korotych

Rural locality in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Korotych Коротич
Rural settlement
49°57′03″N 36°02′04″E / 49.95083°N 36.03444°E / 49.95083; 36.03444
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Raion	Kharkiv Raion
Population (2022)
• Total	4,953
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Korotych (Ukrainian: Коротич, Russian: Коротич) is a rural settlement in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is essentially a western suburb of the city of Kharkiv, part of Kharkiv agglomeration. Korotych belongs to Pisochyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 4,953 (2022 estimate).^[2] Korotych is located west to the rural settlement of Novyi Korotych.

Until 26 January 2024, Korotych was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Korotych became a rural settlement.^[3]

Economy

Transportation

Korotych railway station, located in the settlement, is on the railway connecting Kharkiv with Poltava and Sumy. There is intensive suburban passenger traffic.

The settlement is included in the road network of Kharkiv urban agglomeration. In particular, the northern boundary of Korotych is Highway M03 which connects Kharkiv with Kyiv.

References

^ "Песочинская 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.
^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.