Vesele, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Coordinates: 47°00′57″N 34°54′44″E / 47.01583°N 34.91222°E / 47.01583; 34.91222
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Vesele
Веселе
Central street
Central street
Flag of Vesele
Coat of arms of Vesele
Vesele is located in Ukraine
Vesele
Vesele
Vesele is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Vesele
Vesele
Coordinates: 47°00′57″N 34°54′44″E / 47.01583°N 34.91222°E / 47.01583; 34.91222
Country Ukraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionMelitopol Raion
HromadaVesele settlement hromada
First mentioned1815
Area
 • Total14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation77 m (253 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 9,340
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
72202
Area code+380 6136
Websiteveselivska-gromada.gov.ua

Vesele (Ukrainian: Веселе) is a rural settlement (a selyshche) in Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast,[2] southern Ukraine. It was formerly the administrative center of Vesele Raion until the raion was abolished in 2020. It has a population of 9,340 (2022 estimate).[3]

History

Vesele was founded in 1815. The earliest settlers were mostly fugitive serfs escaping from oppression elsewhere in the Russian Empire.[4]

In 1923, after Vesele was incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union, it was designated the administrative center of Vesele Raion. During World War II, Vesele was occupied by the forces of Nazi Germany from 18 September 1941 to 26 October 1943. In 1957, Vesele received urban-type settlement status.[4]

On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force in Ukraine which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, so all urban-type settlements - including Vesele - were automatically converted to rural settlements.[5]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, its population was 11,096, with a population that self-identified their ethnic backgrounds predominantly as Ukrainians and Russians.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Vesele (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Vesele Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Веселівська селищна (сільська) рада". rada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c Yurieva, T. M. Веселе [Vesele] (in Ukrainian). Vol. 4. NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
  5. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.

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