Artemivsk, Luhansk Oblast

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Coordinates: 48°26′25″N 38°44′32″E / 48.44028°N 38.74222°E / 48.44028; 38.74222

Main Information
Date Founded: 1910
City Rights: 1961
Area: km²
Population: 9,098
Pop. density: p/km²
Tel. Code: +(380)

Artemivsk (Ukrainian: Артемівськ, translit.: Artemivs`k, Russian: Артёмовск) is a city in the Perevalskyi Raion of the eastern Ukrainian oblast of Luhansk.

[edit] History

The city was founded as Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Катеринівка) village in 1910 close to the railway station of Kypyche (Vigorous). Its name was changed to Artema in 1923 and to Artemivsk in 1938.

[edit] Economy

Its major industry is coal mining.