Kelmentsi

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Kelmentsi
Кельменці
Flag of Kelmentsi
Coat of arms of Kelmentsi
Country Ukraine
Province Chernivtsi Oblast
DistrictKelmentsi Raion
Founded1559
Town status1960
Government
 • Town HeadValentyn Tverdokhlib[1]
Population
 (2001[1])
 • Total8,007
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
60100
Area code+380 3732

Kelmentsi (Ukrainian: Кельменці; Romanian: Chelmenți) is an urban-type settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The town is also the administrative center of the Kelmentsi Raion (district), housing the local district administration buildings.

As of the 2001 census, the town's population is 8,007, which consists mostly of ethnic Ukrainians. Kelmentsi itself is located in close proximity to the border with Moldova.

People from Kelmentsi

References

  1. ^ a b "Kelmentsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Kelmentsi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 17 January 2012.