Irpin

Irpin
Ірпiнь
A statue in a square in Irpin
A statue in a square in Irpin
Flag of Irpin
Coat of arms of Irpin
Irpin is located in Kyiv Oblast
Irpin
Irpin
Irpin is located in Ukraine
Irpin
Irpin
Coordinates: 50°31′00″N 30°15′00″E / 50.51667°N 30.25000°E / 50.51667; 30.25000
Country Ukraine
OblastKyiv Oblast
RaionBucha Raion
HromadaIrpin urban hromada
Founded1899
City rights1956
Area
 • City
110.83 km2 (42.79 sq mi)
Elevation
119 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • City
65,167
 • Density590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
 • Metro
100,5091
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
08200 — 08279
Area code+380 4597
Websiteimr.gov.ua Edit this at Wikidata
Map
1 The metro population for Irpin are the statistics for the whole Irpin Municipality.

Irpin (Ukrainian: Ірпінь, IPA: [irˈpinʲ] ) is a city on the Irpin River in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located next to the capital Kyiv. Irpin hosts the administration of Irpin urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The city has a population of 65,167 (2022 estimate).[2]

The city has a railway station built in 1899. In 2022, it received the title Hero City of Ukraine.[3]

In the 2022 Battle of Irpin during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 70% of the city was damaged. As of June 25, 2023, the city's mayor reported that most people had already returned: "Yes, we have already returned 85% of the entire city's population. In addition, we have received almost 25,000 internally displaced persons, mostly from the east."[4]

  1. ^ "Ирпенская городская 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.
  3. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №164/2022". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Олександр Маркушин, міський голова Ірпеня".