Orzhiv

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Rural locality in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine

Orzhiv Оржів
Rural settlement
Transfiguration church
Flag Coat of arms
50°45′04″N 26°07′07″E / 50.75111°N 26.11861°E / 50.75111; 26.11861
Country	Ukraine
Province	Rivne Oblast
District	Rivne Raion
Founded	1445
Town status	1959
Government
• Town Head	Yuriy Bobrovnik
Area
• Total	8.95 km² (3.46 sq mi)
Elevation ^[1]	176 m (577 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	4,230
• Density	470/km² (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	35313
Area code	+380 362
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

Orzhiv (Ukrainian: Оржів) is a rural settlement in Rivne Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,230 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.^[2] Current population: 3,853 (2022 estimate).^[3]

History

Orzhiv was first founded in the beginning of the 16th century, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1959. On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Orzhiv became a rural settlement.^[4]

Geography

The town is 20 km northwest of Rivne, 61 km east of Lutsk. It counts a railway station on the Rivne-Kovel line, and is also the eastern terminus of the "Tunnel of Love", an amusement railway linking it to Klevan, surrounded by green arches.

References

^ "Orzhiv (Rivne Oblast, Rivne Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "Orzhiv, Rivne Oblast, Rivne Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ 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.