Brantsivka is a village in Ukraine, in Krasnopillia settlement hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast. Until 2016, the local government body was .
Geography The village is located 25 km south of the administrative center of the community and the railway station Krasnopillia. It is located on the banks of the , which is a tributary of the Vorsklytsia River. It is upstream at a distance of 2.5 km is the village of and downstream at a distance of 2.5 km is the village of .
The village stretches along the river for 6 km. Streams flow through the village, which dry up with rapids.
History Brantsivka was founded in the middle of the 17th century.
The village suffered as a result of the Holodomor carried out by the Soviet Union in 1923–1933 and in 1946–1947, which resulted in the deaths of at least 243 villagers.Бранцівка. Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні». Український інститут національної пам'яті.
On June 12, 2020, in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 723-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of Sumy Region", it became part of the Krasnopillia settlement hromada.
On July 19, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the Krasnopillia Raion, the village became part of the newly formed Sumy Raion.
Population According to data from 1864, the state settlement, the center of the of the Kharkov Governorate, had a population of 860 people (406 men and 454 women), 161 households, and an Orthodox church.Харьковская губернія. Списокъ населенныхъ мѣстъ по свѣдѣніямъ 1864 года, томъ XLVI. Изданъ Центральнымъ статистическимъ комитетомъ Министерства Внутренних Дѣлъ. СанктПетербургъ. 1869 — XCVI + 209 с., (код 524)
By 1914, the number of inhabitants of the village had increased to 2,468 people.Харьковскій календарь на 1914 годѣ. Изданіе Харьковскаго Губернскаго Статистическаго Комитета. Харьковъ. Типографія Губернскаго Правленія. 1914. VI+86+84+86+26+116+140+44 с.
According to the 1989 census of the Ukrainian SSR, the village's population was 863 people, of whom 386 were men and 477 were women.
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village's population was 688 people. The main languages of the village were:
Ukrainian 97.99% Russian 1.72% Belarusian 0.14% Other/not specified 0.15%
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