Zachepylivka (, ; ) is a rural settlement in Berestyn Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zachepylivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 3,101 (2024 estimate).Pasport-Zachepylivskoyi-selyshhnoyi-rady-na-01.07.2024
Zachepylivka lies in the southeastern part of Dnieper Lowland. It is located on the left bank of the Berestova river, close to its mouth. The Berestova is a right tributary of the Oril, a major left tributary of the Dnieper.
History It was a village in Konstantinigrad uyezd of Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire.
A local newspaper was published there since 1933.№ 3151. Победа // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.412 In 1968 Zachepylivka became an urban-type settlement.
In January 1989 the population was 5,130 people.Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу By January 2013 it had decreased to 3,753 people.
Until 18 July 2020, Zachepylivka was the administrative center of Zachepylivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Zachepylivka Raion was merged into Krasnohrad Raion.
Until 26 January 2024, Zachepylivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Zachepylivka became a rural settlement.
Economy Transportation Zachepylivka has access to the Highway M29 which connects Kharkiv and Dnipro. There are local roads as well.
Zachepivka railway station is located not in Zachepylivka but in the settlement of Nahirne, across the river west of Zachepylivka. It has train connections to Berestyn and Dnipro.
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