Mena ( ) is a city in

Koriukivka Raion Koriukivka Raion () is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the town of Koriukivka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raion ...

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast (), also referred to as Chernihivshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. There are 1,511 sett ...

(

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) of

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. It hosts the administration of

Mena urban hromada Mena urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Mena. It has an area of and a population of 25,581, as of 2020. Composition The hromada contains 19 settlemen ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population: Until 18 July 2020, Mena was the administrative center of Mena Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Mena Raion was split between

Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...

and Koriukivka Raions, with Mena being transferred to Chernihiv Raion.

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The murder of the Jews of Mena
during

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, at

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