Hushchyn
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Hushchyn
Гущин | |
|---|---|
 Interactive map of Hushchyn | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernihiv Oblast |
| Raion | Chernihiv Raion |
| Hromada | Kyinka rural hromada |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.369 km2 (0.142 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 111 |
| • Density | 300.81/km2 (779.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Hushchyn (Ukrainian: Гущин) is a village in Ukraine, in Kyinka rural hromada of Chernihiv Oblast, Chernihiv Raion, about 7 km from Chernihiv. The population is 111 people. Until 2018, the local self-government body was the Kyinsk Village Council. Hushchyn has been known as a farm since 1634, mentioned among the possessions of Chernihiv mayor Marcin Kalinowski.[1]
Within the boundaries of the village of Hushchyv, on the ledge of the left bank of the Bilous River, opposite the village of Kyinka, there is a settlement on the north and west, bounded by the river valley, and on the southeast, fortified by a rampart and a ditch. There is a modern cemetery on the site.[2][3]
