Chornukhy

Chornukhy
Чорнухи
Coat of arms of Chornukhy
Chornukhy is located in Poltava Oblast
Chornukhy
Chornukhy
Chornukhy is located in Ukraine
Chornukhy
Chornukhy
Coordinates: 50°16′24″N 32°56′18″E / 50.27333°N 32.93833°E / 50.27333; 32.93833
Country Ukraine
Oblast Poltava Oblast
RaionLubny Raion
Founded1261
Area
 • Total6.90 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total2,384
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
Postal code
37101
Area code5340

Chornukhy (Ukrainian: Чорнýхи; Russian: Чернýхи) is a rural settlement in Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Chornukhy settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Chornukhy is known as the birthplace of philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda; a monument testifies to this.

The nearest railway station is Pyriatyn located 38 km (24 mi) away. Chornukhy is located on the river Mnoha. The territory of the settlement covers an area of 690 hectares. Village bus and a bus connection from Poltava, Kyiv, Lubny, Pyriatyn and Lokhvytsia. The total population of Chornukhy according to the Census on 1 January 2002 was 3138 inhabitants (2900 in 1984). Current population: 2,3,843 (2022 estimate).[2]

  1. ^ "Чернухинская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.