Lynovytsia () 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. ...

Pryluky Raion Pryluky Raion () is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the city of Pryluky. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ch ...

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast (), also referred to as Chernihivshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. There are 1,511 sett ...

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. The Lynovytsia is located in the southern part of the Chernihiv Oblast, within the

Dnieper Lowland The Dnipro Lowland (also: Circumdnipro Lowland) () is a major geographic feature of the Central Ukraine region and the East European Plain. Location It lies along the midstream of Dnieper river mostly on its left bank from Belarus all the w ...

. The village was first mentioned in 1629. It hosts the administration of Lynovytsia settlement hromada, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. The population is

History

The village was first mentioned in 1629, when a census was conducted. It was a settlement in

Pyriatyn Pyriatyn (, ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Pyriatyn Raion until its abolishment in 2020. Population: History At the end of 1941 or beginning 1942, a ghetto guarded by policemen was establishe ...

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...

Poltava Governorate Poltava Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Polt ...

of the

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. During

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it was occupied by Axis troops between September 1941 and September 1943. Urban-type settlement since October 1960. In 1972 there were a sugar plant, a bakery, one

sovkhoz A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated from , ''sovetskoye khozyaystvo''; ) was a form of state-owned farm or agricultural enterprise in the Soviet Union. It is usually contrasted w ...

, two schools and a library.Линовица // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 14. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973. Retrieved 2022-04-06. In January 1989, population was 3440 people. In January 2013, population was 2743 people. Until 26 January 2024, Lynovytsia 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 Lynovytsia became a rural settlement.

Geography

The Lynovytsia is located in the southern part of the Chernihiv Oblast. The territory of the settlement is located within the

. A tributary of the Udai River ( Sula basin) flows through the village, on which there are several ponds. The climate of Lynovytsia is moderately continental, with warm summers and relatively mild winters. The average temperature in January is about -7°C, and in July - +19°C. The average annual precipitation ranges from 600 to 660 mm, with the highest amount of precipitation in the summer period.Чернігівська область. Географічний атлас. Серія «Моя мала Батьківщина» – 2003 р. ISBN 966-7620-39-5 Retrieved 2025-07-09. The Lynovytsia is located in the natural zone of the forest steppe, in

Polissya Polesia, also called Polissia, Polesie, or Polesye, is a natural (geographic) and historical region in Eastern Europe within the East European Plain, including the Belarus–Ukraine border region and part of eastern Poland. This region should ...

. The soil cover of the district is dominated by

chernozem Chernozem ( ),; also called black soil, regur soil or black cotton soil, is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus (4% to 16%) and high percentages of phosphorus and ammonia compounds. Chernozem is very fertile soil and can ...

and podzolized soils.

Economy

The basis of the Lynovytsia economy is agriculture and the food industry. The only sugar refinery in the Chernihiv region operates in Lynivitsy.

Transport

The regional highway R 67 (

Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...

–

Pryluky Pryluky ( ) is a city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality located on the Udai River in Chernihiv Oblast, north-central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Pryluky Raion (Raion, district). Located nearby is the Pryluky (a ...

– Pyryatyn) passes through the Lynovytsia. The railway line

Bakhmach Bakhmach (, ) is a city located in Nizhyn Raion of Chernihiv Oblast (province), in northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Bakhmach urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of In 2025 the population is 16,30 ...

–

Hrebinka Hrebinka (, ) is a city in Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Hrebinka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: First, a new railway station was built near the village of Horodyshche, which ...

passes through Linovytsy.

References

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