Desna, Kozelets Raion

Desna Десна
Urban-type settlement
Flag Coat of arms
Desna Location of Desna in Chernihiv Oblast
Coordinates: UA 50°55′52″N 30°45′25″E / 50.93111°N 30.75694°ECoordinates: UA 50°55′52″N 30°45′25″E / 50.93111°N 30.75694°E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Chernihiv Oblast
District	Kozelets Raion
Town status	1960
Government
• Town Head	Yuriy Ostashevskyi
Area
• Total	0.08 km^2 (0.03 sq mi)
Elevation[1]	125 m (410 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	7,562
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	17024
Area code	+380 4646
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

Desna (Ukrainian: Десна) is an urban-type settlement in the Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine.^[2] The town's population was 7,180 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census^[2] and 7,562 in 2011.^[3] It is named after the Desna River which flows through the town.

The town houses a major military training center (169th Training Centre) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

References

1. "Desna (Chernihiv Oblast, Kozelets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
2. "Desna, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Kozelets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
3. "Actual Population of Ukraine on January 1, 2011" (PDF). State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Main Statistical Office in L'viv region. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

External links

• Media related to Category:Desna (Kozeletskyi Raion) at Wikimedia Commons