Terny (, ) 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. ...

Romny Raion Romny Raion () is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Romny. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Sumy Oblast was redu ...

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 ...

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. It is located on the banks of the

Tern Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae, subfamily Sterninae, that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated in eleven genera in a subgroup of the family Laridae, which also ...

, a tributary of the Sula in the

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

of the Dnieper. Terny belongs to Nedryhailiv 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. Population:

History

Until 18 July 2020, Terny belonged to

Nedryhailiv Raion Nedryhailiv Raion () was a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Nedryhailiv. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, whic ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Sumy Oblast to five. The area of Nedryhailiv Raion was merged into Romny Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Terny 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 Terny became a rural settlement.

Economy

Transportation

The settlement is connected by road with

Sumy Sumy (, , ) is a city in northeastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel (river), Psel River and has a population of making it the 23rd-largest in the country. The city ...

Vorozhba Vorozhba (, ) is a city in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, in north-eastern Ukraine. Population: In May 2025, the city's population remains at about 2,000. Geography Vorozhba is situated on the left bank of the Vyr River. Adjacent upstream is the to ...

, and

Konotop Konotop ( ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. Konotop serves as the administrative center of Konotop Raion within the oblast. Konotop is located about from Sumy, the administrative center of the oblast. It is host to Konotop Ai ...

, where it has access to the Highway M02 and further to

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

References

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