Mospyne

Mospyne
Моспине
City
Coat of arms of Mospyne
Coat of arms
Mospyne is located in Donetsk Oblast
Mospyne
Mospyne
Mospyne is located in Ukraine
Mospyne
Mospyne
Coordinates: 47°54′N 38°04′E / 47.900°N 38.067°E / 47.900; 38.067
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionDonetsk Raion
HromadaDonetsk urban hromada
Founded1800
Urban-type settlement status1925
City status1938
Government
 • MayorMykhailo Mykolayovych Merenkov
Area
13.93 km2 (5.38 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
Decrease10,471
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
83492-83497
Area code+380 622
KATOTTH code1410160500
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Mospyne (Ukrainian: Моспине, pronounced [ˈmɔspɪne]; Russian: Моспино, romanized: Mospino) is a city in the Proletarskyi District of Donetsk urban hromada, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine, 8 km (26,000 ft) southeast of Donetsk. The population is estimated as 10,471 (2022 estimate)[1] while the population in 2001 was recorded as 11,736.[2] Since 2014, the city has been under the control of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic.[3][4] The city's area is 13.93 km2 (5.38 sq mi).

With the Mospyne railway station [uk], the city serves as a junction for freight and passenger trains. The city belongs to the Donetsk-Makiivka urban agglomeration [uk] within the Donets Coal Basin and lies on the Hruzka river [uk] (a tributary of the Kalmius which flows into the Azov sea). There are also several small rivers within the area of the city.[5] The city has 267 m2 (2,870 sq ft) of green space per capita. The average temperature in January is −6.5 °C (20.3 °F) while in July it's +22 °C (72 °F). There is 500 mm (20 in) of precipitation per year.

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ukrcensus2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Про межі та перелік районів, міст, селищ і сіл, частин їх територій, тимчасово окупованих у Донецькій та Луганській областях [About the boundaries and list of raions, cities, settlements and villages, parts of their territories temporarily occupied in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 7 February 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. ^ Katsimon, Olga (12 February 2024). У російській в’язниці помер 71-річний українець, якого звинуватили у шпигунстві [A 71-year-old Ukrainian who was accused of espionage died in a Russian prison]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian).
  5. ^ Malii, V. P.; Starykov, O. M. (1 January 2023). Dziuba, I.; Zhukovsky, A.; Zheleznyak, M. (eds.). "Моспине". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 May 2024.