Antonivka ( uk, Антонівка, ; russian: Антоновка) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Kherson Raion
Kherson Raion ( uk, Херсонський район, russian: Херсонский район) is a raion (district) of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The cente ...
,
Kherson Oblast, southern
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. It is a northeastern suburb of
Kherson and is located on the right bank of the
Dnieper
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The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and ...
. Antonivka belongs to
Kherson urban hromada
Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located on the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, Kherson is the home of a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre. I ...
, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
It has a population of
Administrative status
Until 18 July, 2020, Antonivka belonged to
Kherson Municipality. The municipality as an administrative unit was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Kherson Municipality was merged into Kherson Raion.
Economy
Transportation
Antonivka railway station is adjacent to the settlement. It is on the railway which used to connect
Kherson with
Dzhankoi
Dzhankoi or Jankoy is a town of regional significance in the northern part of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de facto'' federal subject of the Russian Federation. It also serves as administrat ...
; however, after the
Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, the trains only run as far as
Vadim, close to the border with Crimea. There is infrequent passenger traffic.
The settlement is built in the road network of Kherson. In particular, it has access to
Highway M17, which runs to the border with Crimea and
Highway M14, which connects Kherson and
Melitopol.
See also
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Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
The Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast is an ongoing military occupation of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast by Russian forces that began on 2March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of the southern Ukraine campaign. The Russian- ...
References
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Urban-type settlements in Kherson Raion
Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine