Romny
Sign in to saveRomny (, ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located on the Romen River. Romny serves as the administrative centre of Romny Raion and hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.name
- Romny
- Settlement.native_name
- Ромни
- Settlement.image_seal
- COA Romny, Sumska, Ukraine.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Romny.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sumy Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Romny Raion
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Колишній банк на вулиці Соборна,1 у м. Ромни Сумська обл.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Former bank building
- Settlement.population_total
- 37765
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 65
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1096
- Settlement.established_title2
- City rights
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Romny (, ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located on the Romen River. Romny serves as the administrative centre of Romny Raion and hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
==History== The city was founded in AD 902. On September 16, 2002, the city celebrated its 1,100th anniversary. Romny was first mentioned in documents in 1096 (as Romen, ; the name, originally that of the river, is of Baltic origin, cf. Lithuanian romus 'quiet'). At various times, it passed under Mongol, Lithuanian, Polish and Russian rule. By 1638, the city had a population of 6,000 inhabitants, which made it by far the largest settlement in the area. In 1781, the city was granted a charter by the Tsarina Catherine II.