Vasylkiv

Vasylkiv
Василькiв
Flag of Vasylkiv
Coat of arms of Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv is located in Kyiv Oblast
Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv
Location of Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv is located in Ukraine
Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°10′42″N 30°18′57″E / 50.17833°N 30.31583°E / 50.17833; 30.31583
Country Ukraine
OblastKyiv Oblast
RaionObukhiv Raion
HromadaVasylkiv urban hromada
First mentioned988
Magdeburg law1586
Area
 • Total29.6 km2 (11.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total37,068
Postal code
8600 — 8612
Area code+380 4571

Vasylkiv (Ukrainian: Васильків, IPA: [wɐsɪlʲˈk⁽ʲ⁾iu̯], Russian: Васильков, Vasilkov) is a city on the Stuhna River in Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vasylkiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] First mentioned in the 10th century, Vasylkiv was incorporated as a city in 1796.

The city hosts Vasylkiv Air Base and is an industrial centre, producing electrical appliances and leather goods. Population: 37,068 (2022 estimate).[2]

  1. ^ "Васильковская городская громада". Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  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.