Artemivsk, Luhansk Oblast

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Artemivsk, Luhansk Oblast

Coordinates: 48°26′25″N 38°44′32″E / 48.44028°N 38.74222°E / 48.44028; 38.74222

Main Information
Date Founded: 1910
City Rights: 1961
Area: km²
Population: 9,098
Pop. density: p/km²
Tel. Code: +(380)

Artemivsk (Ukrainian: Артемівськ, translit.: Artemivs`k, Russian: Артёмовск) is a city in the Perevalskyi Raion of the eastern Ukrainian oblast of Luhansk.

History

The city was founded as Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Катеринівка) village in 1910 close to the railway station of Kypyche (Vigorous). Its name was changed to Artema in 1923 and to Artemivsk in 1938.

Economy

Its major industry is coal mining. Southeast of Artemivsk, there is Donbass-750 an important node in the power grid.

 Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Administrative center:  Luhansk
Raions
Antratsytivskyi · Bilokurakynskyi · Bilovodskyi · Krasnodonskyi · Kreminskyi · Lutuhynskyi · Markivskyi · Milovskyi · Novoaidarskyi · Novopskovskyi · Perevalskyi · Popasnianskyi · Slovianoserbskyi · Stanychno-Luhanskyi · Starobilskyi · Svativskyi · Sverdlovskyi · Troyitskyi
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