Oster
Остер | |
|---|---|
 Saint Michael's Church | |
_(1782).png) Seal | |
  Oster .svg) Oster | |
| Coordinates: 50°56′55″N 30°52′52″E / 50.94861°N 30.88111°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernihiv Oblast |
| Raion | Chernihiv Raion |
| Hromada | Oster urban hromada |
| First mentioned | 1098 |
| Magdeburg rights | 1662 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 76 km2 (29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 111 m (364 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 5,564 |
Oster (Ukrainian: Остер, IPA: [osˈtɛr]; Russian: Остёр, romanized: Ostyor) is a city in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located where the Oster River flows into the Desna. Oster hosts the administration of Oster urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Its population is 5,564 (2022 estimate).[2]
Today Oster is a river port with a cotton-textile factory and a food industry. Some parts of the old fortress in Oster have been preserved, as have the remains of the Saint Michael's Church, constructed in 1098 and the only preserved church of the medieval principality of Pereiaslav.
- ^ "Остерская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ 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.