Metolchyne
Urban locality in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
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Metolchyne (Ukrainian: Метьолчине), formerly Metolkine (Метьолкіне), is a rural settlement in the Sievierodonetsk urban hromada, Sievierodonetsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine.[3][4] Population: 788 (2022 estimate)[2]
Metolchyne
Метьолчине | |
|---|---|
  Metolchyne Location within Luhansk Oblast  Metolchyne Location within Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°55′47″N 38°32′59″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Sievierodonetsk Raion |
| Hromada | Sievierodonetsk urban hromada |
| Founded | 1820 |
| Elevation | 73 m (240 ft) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 788 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 93491 |
| Area code | +380 6452 |
During the battle of Donbas (2022), Metolkine was taken over by Russian and separatist forces.[5]
On 18 June 2025, the Verkhovna Rada renamed the village to Metolchyne to match Ukrainian language standards.[6]
Demographics
Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7]
