Kelmentsi (, ; ) is a
rural settlement
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in
Chernivtsi Oblast
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, western
Ukraine
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. It serves as the administrative center of
Dnistrovskyi Raion
Dnistrovskyi Raion () is a raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. The center of the raion is t ...
, housing the local district administration buildings. It hosts the administration of
Kelmentsi settlement hromada, one of the
hromada
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s of Ukraine.
Population:
At the
2001 census, the town's population was 8,007,
[ which consisted mostly of ethnic ]Ukrainians
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. Kelmentsi itself is located in close proximity to the border with Moldova
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.
History
Starting in 1960, Kelmentsi was designated an urban-type settlement
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.
Until 18 July 2020, Kelmentsi served as an administrative center of Kelmentsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kelmentsi Raion was merged into Dnistrovskyi Raion.
Notable people
* (born 1929), Romania
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n mathematician, member of the Romanian Academy
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According to its bylaws, the academy's ma ...
(since 1992)
* Igor Plotnitsky
Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky (born 25 June 1964) is a former Ukrainian separatist leader who served as the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, in eastern Ukraine, from 14 August 2014 to 24 November 2017. He was born 26 June ...
(born 1964), Ukrainian separatist leader
* Yuriy Tkachuk (born 1995), footballer
References
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Rural settlements in Dnistrovskyi Raion
Populated places established in 1559
Khotinsky Uyezd
Hotin County
Ținutul Suceava