Kamianka, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Bilmak
Більмак | |
|---|---|
Urban-type settlement | |
  Bilmak Location in Zaporizhzhia Oblast  Bilmak Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 47°21′48″N 36°39′19″E / 47.36333°N 36.65528°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Bilmak Raion |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 6,609[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Bilmak (Ukrainian: Більмак, Russian: Бильмак, until May 2016 Kuibysheve, Ukrainian: Куйбишеве, Russian: Куйбышево) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Bilmak Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine. It is located in the eastern part of the oblast. Population: 6,609 (2020 est.)[1]
On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kuibysheve Raion to Bilmak Raion and Kuibysheve to Bilmak according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]
Economy
Transportation
The settlement is on Highway H08 connecting Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol.
The closest railway station, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast if Bilmak, is Komysh-Zoria. It has connections to Zaporizhzhia, Volnovakha, and Berdyansk. There is passenger traffic through the station.
References
- ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.