Svirzh () is a village located in
Shostka Raion
Shostka Raion () is a raion (district) of Sumy Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Shostka
Shostka (, ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. Shostka serves as the administrative center of ...
of
Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast (), also known as Sumshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its modern-day form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presid ...
(
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
) in northeastern Ukraine. It belongs to
Shostka urban 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.
Geography
The village of Svirzh is located on the bank of the river Svirzh, near its source, and the village of Pohrebky is located downstream.
Demographics
According to the 1989 census, the population of Svirzh was 207 people, of whom 77 were men and 130 were women. According to the 2001 census, 149 people lived in the village.
Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
References
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Villages in Shostka Raion