Kelmentsi
Кельменці Chelmenți (in Romanian) | |
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Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 26°49′45″E / 48.46333°N 26.82917°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast |
Raion | Dnistrovskyi Raion |
Founded | 1559 |
Town status | 1960 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Valentyn Tverdokhlib[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 6.42 km2 (2.48 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 6,985 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 60100 |
Area code | +380 3732 |
Kelmentsi (Ukrainian: Кельменці; Romanian: Chelmenți) is a rural settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Dnistrovskyi Raion, housing the local district administration buildings. It hosts the administration of Kelmentsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 6,985 (2022 estimate).[2]
At the 2001 census, the town's population was 8,007,[1] which consisted mostly of ethnic Ukrainians. Kelmentsi itself is located in close proximity to the border with Moldova.