Holovne
Holovne | |
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| File:Holovne Liubomlskyi Volynska-source Popova well-3.jpg | |
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Flag of Holovne Flag Coat of arms of Holovne Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 51°20′N 24°05′E / 51.333°N 24.083°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine |
| Oblast | Volyn Oblast |
| Raion | Kovel Raion |
| Hromada | Holovne settlement hromada |
| First mentioned | 1510 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.03 km2 (2.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 2,926 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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Holovne (Ukrainian: Головне; Polish: Hołowno) is a rural settlement in western Ukraine. It is located in Kovel Raion, Volyn Oblast, but was formerly administered within Liuboml Raion until 2020. The population is 2,926 (2022 estimate).[1]
History
File:Alex K Kingdom of Poland-flag.svg Crown of the Kingdom of Poland 1510–1569
File:Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1795
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire 1795–1917
File:Flag of the Ukrainian State.svg Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1918, 1918-1919
File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Second Polish Republic 1919–1939
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union 1939–1941
File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1944–1991
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1991–present
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During World War II, in summer 1942, local Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen of gendarmes and Ukrainian police;[2] 70 to 80 people were massacred. Until 26 January 2024, Holovne was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Holovne became a rural settlement.[3]
References
- ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in українська and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ↑ "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ↑ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in русский). 1 January 2024.