Chornyi Ostriv

Chornyi Ostriv Чорний Острів
Urban-type settlement
Flag Coat of arms
Chornyi Ostriv Location of Chornyi Ostriv in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Coordinates: UA 49°30′25″N 26°45′56″E / 49.50694°N 26.76556°ECoordinates: UA 49°30′25″N 26°45′56″E / 49.50694°N 26.76556°E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
District	Khmelnytskyi Raion
Founded	1366
Town status	1957
Government
• Town Head	Anatoliy Parasyna
Area
• Total	6.23 km^2 (2.41 sq mi)
Elevation[1]	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	978
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	31310
Area code	+380 382
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

Chornyi Ostriv (Ukrainian: Чорний Острів, Polish: Czarny Ostrów) is an urban-type settlement in the Khmelnytskyi Raion (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.^[2] The town's population was 924 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census^[2] and 949 in 2011.^[3]

Chornyi Ostriv was first founded in 1366, and it received the Magdeburg rights in 1556.^[4] Since 1957, it has the status of an urban-type settlement.

People form Chornyi Ostriv

• Aleksander Narcyz Przezdziecki (1814-1871), Polish historian

References

1. "Chornyi Ostriv (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. "Chornyi Ostriv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. "Actual Population of Ukraine on January 1, 2011" (PDF). State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Main Statistical Office in L'viv region. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
4. "Chornyi Ostriv - important settlement? Or maybe not?". Chornyi Ostriv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 January 2013.