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In Ukraine, a rural settlement or selyshche (Ukrainian: селище, lit. 'settlement') is a type of populated place in Ukraine larger than a village though smaller than a city.
The term selyshche used to have a double meaning in the administrative-territorial system of Ukraine. It was used either for urban-type settlements or for some smaller populated places which are often part of a rural hromada. Unlike other nomenclatures for populated places, in the Constitution of Ukraine, the term "urban-type settlement" was not defined and was part of Soviet legislation that was conditionally grandfathered. In 2023, a law was passed to finally eliminate any deviations or variations of the term rural settlement, clearly categorizing them, along with villages, as a type of rural populated place. The law also merged the two categories that existed de facto in Ukraine.
The 2023 law "About the order to solve separate issues of the administrative and territorial system of Ukraine", defines a rural settlement as a populated place with predominantly private housing and having a total population of at least 5,000 people.[1][2][3]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, there were 1,266 rural settlements in Ukraine. This excludes then-classified urban-type settlements, which were later abolished and reclassified as rural settlements in 2020.[citation needed]
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- ^ Povalyaev, Ivan (31 July 2023). Дерадянизація: в Україні скасували смт та міста районного чи обласного значення [De-Sovietization: Ukraine abolishes urban-type settlements and cities of district or regional significance]. umoloda.kyiv.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Закон України від 28 July 2023 р. № 3285-IX "Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України" [Law of Ukraine of 28.07.2023 № 3285-IX "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine"]. document.vobu.ua (in Ukrainian). 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ 26 січня набрав чинності Закон "Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України" [On January 26, the Law "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" came into force]. jurliga.ligazakon.net. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
