Nova Haleshchyna

Rural locality in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Nova Haleshchyna Нова Галещина
Rural settlement

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49°10′13″N 33°45′26″E / 49.17028°N 33.75722°E / 49.17028; 33.75722
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Raion	Kremenchuk Raion
Population (2022)
• Total	2,124
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Nova Haleshchyna (Ukrainian: Нова Галещина' Russian: Новая Галещина) is a rural settlement in Kremenchuk Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Rydka, a left tributary of the Psel in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Nova Haleshchyna hosts the administration of Nova Haleshchyna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 2,124 (2022 estimate).^[2]

History

Until 18 July 2020, Nova Haleshchyna belonged to Kozelshchyna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Kozelshchyna Raion was merged into Kremenchuk Raion.^[3]^[4]

Until 26 January 2024, Nova Haleshchyna was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Nova Haleshchyna became a rural settlement.^[5]

Economy

Transportation

Haleshchyna railway station is located in Nova Haleshchyna. It is on the railway connecting Poltava and Kremenchuk. there is infrequent passenger traffic.

The settlement has access to the Highway M22 connecting Poltava with Oleksandriia via Kremenchuk.

References

^ "Новогалещинская 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.