Stara Ushytsia ( uk, Стара Ушиця, yi, אַלט־אישיצע / אישיצע, russian: Старая Ушица) 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 ...

Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion ( uk, Кам'янець-Подільський район, ) is one of the three administrative raions (a Raions of Ukraine, ''district'') of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its Administrative centre, administ ...

(

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

) of

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

in western

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 ...

. Stara Ushytsia hosts the administration of Stara Ushytsia settlement hromada, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. The settlement's population was 2,492 as of the

2001 Ukrainian Census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

and

Geography

The town is situated on the banks of the

Dnister River The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...

in the

Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

n landscape. It is located near the

National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry" Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park ( uk, Націона́льний приро́дний парк «Поді́льські То́втри») is a national park, located in Khmelnytskyi and Kamianets-Podilskyi Raions (districts) of Khmelnytskyi ...

History

The settlement was first mentioned in written documents in 1144 as Ushytsia ( uk, Ушиця). Ushytsia was also granted the

Magdeburg rights Magdeburg rights (german: Magdeburger Recht; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within ...

in 1144. In 1826, the settlement was renamed to "Stara Ushytsia" (Old Ushytsia) while the settlement of Litnivtsi was renamed Nova Ushytsia (New Ushytsia). It was granted the status of an urban-type settlement in 1979. The town houses the Stara Ushytisa Settlement Council, which was founded in 1982. The council administers the town of Stara Ushytsia itself and the village of Horaivka.

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* {{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion Populated places on the Dniester River in Ukraine Populated places established in the 12th century Ushitsky Uyezd Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion

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