Koropets (; ) is a

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion () is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of History In the Second Polish Republic, the area belonged to the County of Kopczync ...

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, western

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. Koropets was first founded in 1421, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1984. Koropets hosts the administration of

Koropets settlement hromada Koropets settlement hromada ( is a hromada in Ukraine, in Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Koropets. Its population is History It was formed on 29 July 2015 by amalgamation of Koropets ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population: The rural settlement is located by the confluence of the Koropets River with the

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History

Until 18 July 2020, Koropets belonged to

Monastyryska Raion Monastyryska Raion () was a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Monastyryska. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020, as part of an administrative reform in Ukraine, which reduced th ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Monastyryska Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion. The classical

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of Count

Stanisław Badeni Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, Kherson Oblast, a coastal village in Ukraine * Stanislaus County, ...

, built in the beginning of the 19th century, is located in the town of Koropets. Until 26 January 2024, Koropets was designated

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Koropets became a rural settlement.

People from Koropets

Bohdan Hawrylyshyn Bohdan Dmytrovych Hawrylyshyn (, 19 October 1926 – 24 October 2016) was a Canadian, Swiss and Ukrainian economist, thinker, benefactor and advisor to governments and large companies worldwide. He was a full member of the Club of Rome,

(1926–2016),

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and an economic advisor to the

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* {{Authority control Koropets settlement hromada Rural settlements in Chortkiv Raion Populated places established in the 1420s