Klesiv

Klesiv Клесів
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 51°19′03″N 26°53′41″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Rivne Oblast
Raion	Sarny Raion
Founded	1902
Town status	1940
Government
• Town Head	Viktor Buinyi
Area
• Total	6.84 km^2 (2.64 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	157 m (515 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	4,566
• Density	670/km^2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	34550
Area code	+380 3655
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

Klesiv (Ukrainian: Клесів; Polish: Klesów) is a rural settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Population: 4,566 (2022 estimate).^[2]

History

Klesiv was first founded in the beginning of the 20th century. It was a settlement in Volhynia Governorate of the Russian Empire.

In the Second Polish Republic Klesów was part of Volhynian Voivodeship. After the Soviet annexation of Western Ukraine, Klesiv acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1940.

Since July 1941 until January 1944 it was occupied by Axis troops.

In January 1989 the population was 5107 people.^[3]

In 2013 the population was 4639 people.^[4]

On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Klesiv became a rural settlement.^[5]

Amber

There are placer deposits of Rovno amber from the Oligocene Mezhigorje Formation near Klesiv.^[6]

See also

• Stepan, the other urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast

References

1. "Klesiv (Rivne Oblast, Sarny Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
2. 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.
3. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.91
5. "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
6. James Marson (June 3, 2016). "Lure of Amber Pits Ukraine's Illegal Miners Against State". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2016.