List of cities in Sumy Oblast

Map of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine with post-2020 administrative divisions
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
List of cities in Sumy Oblast
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Location of cities in Sumy Oblast[1]

There are 15 populated places in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament.[2] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status, although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.[3][4][5] As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence,[a] the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital, Sumy, with a population of 293,141 people, while the least populous city was Khutir-Mykhailivskyi, with 5,726 people.[6][7] In 2024, following the passage of derussification laws, the city of Druzhba was renamed Khutir-Mykhailivskyi.[8] For their contributions to the country's defense during the Russian invasion, three cities in the oblast were awarded with the honorary title Hero City of Ukraine: Okhtyrka in 2022, and Sumy and Trostianets in 2025.[9][10][11]

From independence in 1991 to 2020, seven cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining eight cities were located amongst seventeen raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.[12][13][7] On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into five new, expanded raions.[3][14] The five raions that make up the oblast are Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, Shostka, and Sumy.[15]

List of cities

Photo of Sumy, capital and most populous city in Sumy Oblast
Sumy, capital and most populous city in Sumy Oblast[2][16]
Photo of Konotop, second most populous city in the oblast and a railway center
Konotop, second most populous city in the oblast and a railway center[2][17]
Photo of Hlukhiv, a historic city that served as the last capital of the Cossack Hetmanate
Hlukhiv, a historic city that served as the last capital of the Cossack Hetmanate[2][18]
Cities in Sumy Oblast
Name Name
(in Ukrainian)[2][b] 		Raion (district) Popu­lation
(2022 esti­mates)[2] 		Popu­lation
(2001 census)[7] 		Popu­lation
change
Bilopillia Білопілля Sumy 15,600 18,384 −15.14%
Buryn Буринь Konotop 8,197 11,678 −29.81%
Hlukhiv Глухів Shostka 31,789 35,768 −11.12%
Khutir-Mykhailivskyi Хутір-Михайлівський Shostka 4,504 5,726 −21.34%
Konotop Конотоп Konotop 83,543 92,657 −9.84%
Krolevets Кролевець Konotop 22,111 25,183 −12.20%
Lebedyn Лебедин Sumy 23,892 28,948 −17.47%
Okhtyrka Охтирка Okhtyrka 46,660 50,399 −7.42%
Putyvl Путивль Konotop 14,886 17,354 −14.22%
Romny Ромни Romny 37,765 50,448 −25.14%
Seredyna-Buda Середина-Буда Shostka 6,888 7,511 −8.29%
Shostka Шостка Shostka 71,966 87,130 −17.40%
Sumy Суми Sumy 256,474 293,141 −12.51%
Trostianets Тростянець Okhtyrka 19,544 23,308 −16.15%
Vorozhba Ворожба Sumy 6,674 8,384 −20.40%

See also

Notes

  1. ^ As of 11 July 2023[6]
  2. ^ Links to the Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each city

References

  1. ^ Barros, George; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Bergeron, Thomas; Mikkelsen, Noel; Mealie, Daniel; Belcher, Mitchell; Thacker, Tom. "Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine". storymaps.arcgis. Institute for the Study of War & American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of 1 January 2022] (PDF). db.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian and English). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b 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]. Ukraina Moloda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. ^ Закон України від 28.07.2023 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"]. All About Accounting (in Ukrainian). 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ^ 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 (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b Rogoża, Jadwiga (11 July 2023). "Ukraine in the face of a demographic catastrophe". Centre for Eastern Studies. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України [The number and territorial distribution of the population of Ukraine] (RAR). 2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. 5 December 2001. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2024. To access the statistics, scroll down to the section titled "Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України" (transl. Number and territorial distribution of the population of Ukraine). Then, click on the linked text "Публікація у електронному вигляді" (transl. Publication in electronic form). This will download the statistics as a RAR file from which it can be accessed using RAR file converters such as 7-Zip.
  8. ^ Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [On renaming individual populated places and raions]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 25 September 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  9. ^ Два роки тому присвоєні почесні відзнаки «Місто-герой України» містам Волноваха, Гостомель, Маріуполь, Харків, Херсон, Чернігів [Two years ago, the cities of Volnovakha, Hostomel, Mariupol, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv were awarded the honorary "Hero City of Ukraine" designation]. Donetsk Regional State Administration (in Ukrainian). 6 March 2024. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  10. ^ Sobenko, Nadia (21 March 2023). Зеленський затвердив положення про "Місто-герой України" [Zelenskyy approved the provisions on the "Hero City of Ukraine"]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  11. ^ Kravtsov, Vladyslav (1 October 2025). Зеленський підписав указ про нові "Міста-герої": повний перелік [Zelenskyy signed a decree on new Hero Cities: full list]. 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2 October 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  12. ^ Кількість адміністративно-територіальних одиниць за регіонами України на 1 січня 2016 року* [Number of administrative-territorial units by regions of Ukraine as of 1 January 2016*]. ukrstat.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  13. ^ Про адміністративно-територіальний устрій України (Повторний розгляд з пропозиціями (вето) Президента України) [On the administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine (Reconsideration with proposals (Veto) of the President of Ukraine)]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 16 October 1997. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  14. ^ Про утворення та ліквідацію районів [On the formation and liquidation of districts]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  15. ^ Прийнято Постанову "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів" [The Resolution "On Formation and Liquidation of Districts" was adopted]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Sumy". Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 November 2025. Archived from the original on 21 August 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Konotop". Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 September 2024. Archived from the original on 14 July 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Hlukhiv". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 7 October 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
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