Viitivtsi ( uk, Війтівці) is a rural settlement in

Khmelnytskyi Raion Khmelnytskyi Raion ( uk, Хмельницький район, ) is one of the 20 administrative raions (a ''district'') of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Khmelnytskyi. Its populati ...

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 ...

, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of

Viitivtsi settlement hromada Viitivtsi ( uk, Війтівці) is a rural settlement in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Viitivtsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The settlement's population was 937 ...

, 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 937 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.

. Current population:

History

The settlement was founded in 1888 as the settlement of Podilske ( uk, Подільське). It received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1970. Until 18 July 2020, Viitivtsi belonged to

Volochysk Raion Volochysk Raion ( uk, Волочи́ський район) was a raion (administrative district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Its area was 1,103 square kilometres, and the administrative center was Volochysk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Volochysk Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Viitivtsi was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Viitivtsi became a rural settlement.

References

{{Authority control Rural settlements in Khmelnytskyi Raion Populated places established in 1888 Podolia Voivodeship