Rafalivka

Rural locality in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine

Rafalivka Рафалівка Rafałówka
Rural settlement
Flag Coat of arms
51°18′33″N 25°59′46″E / 51.30917°N 25.99611°E / 51.30917; 25.99611
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Rivne Oblast
Raion	Varash Raion
Founded	1902
Town status	1957
Government
• Town Head	Yuriy Bobrovnik
Area
• Total	12.26 km² (4.73 sq mi)
Elevation ^[1]	195 m (640 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	3,278
• Density	270/km² (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	34371
Area code	+380 3634
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Рафалівка; Polish: Rafałówka) is a rural settlement in Varash Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 3,278 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.^[2] Current population: 3,434 (2022 estimate).^[3]

History

The settlement was founded in 1902 as poz'izd Polytsi (Ukrainian: роз'їзд Полиці). Its name was changed to Nova Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Нова Рафалівка) in 1927. The settlement's name was again changed to its current "Rafalivka" when it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.^[2]

On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Rafalivka became a rural settlement.^[4]

References

^ "Rafalivka (Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Rafalivka, Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.