| Zorynsk | |
|---|---|
| City | |
  ZorynskShow map of Ukraine ZorynskShow map of Luhansk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°25′00″N 38°37′00″E / 48.4167°N 38.6167°E / 48.4167; 38.6167 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Alchevsk Raion |
| Hromada | Alchevsk urban hromada |
| City status on | 1963 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.68 km (3.35 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total |  7,096 |
Zorynsk (Ukrainian: Зоринськ), is a city in Alchevsk urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. Population: 7,096 (2022 estimate). 7,331 (2013 est.)
Zorynsk has been a city since 1963. From 2014 on, and the War in Donbas (2014–2022), Zorynsk has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic. Following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Russia has claimed the territory as part of their LNR / LPR.
On 12 June 2020, in accordance with the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 717-r "On the determination of administrative centers and approval of territories of territorial communities of the Luhansk Oblast", it became part of the Alchevsk urban hromada.
On 19 July 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of Perevalsk Raion, it became part of Alchevsk Raion.
Demographics
As of the 2001 census, Zorynsk had a population of 8,672 inhabitants. Like in the rest of the Donbas region, ethnic Ukrainians constitute the clear majority of the population, yet Russian is the lingua franca. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:
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References
- 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.
- Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Луганської області". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- "Національний склад міст". Datatowel.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
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