'''Nova Basan''' ({{langx|uk|Нова Басань}}) is a village (selo) of Ukraine, in Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast. It hosts the administration of Nova Basan rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_nova_basan">{{cite web |title=Новобасанская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/novobasanska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref>
== History == The history of Nova Basan dates back at least as far as the middle of the 15th century, when it was a border fortress of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nova Basan Territorial Community |url=https://cities4cities.eu/community/nova-basan-territorial-community/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210175335/https://cities4cities.eu/community/nova-basan-territorial-community/ |archive-date=2023-12-10 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Cities 4 Cities {{!}} United 4 Ukraine |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 1897, a post office was opened in Nova Basan.<ref>Журналы Козелецкого уездного земского собрания. 1897 год. — C. 71. http://www.knigafund.ru/books/81183 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235315/http://www.knigafund.ru/books/81183|date=4 березня 2016}}</ref> According to the Russian Empire Census of 1897, it had a population 7326, of whom 3460 were men and 3866 women. 6930 were Orthodox.<ref>Населенныя мѣста Россійской Имперіи въ 500 и болѣе жителей. 1905. — p. 261.</ref>
During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by Russia after the initial invasion but was retaken by Ukraine in early April.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ukrainian soldier reunited with parents after village is liberated |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3kLYjnKLgw |language=en |access-date=2022-09-16}}</ref>
== Demographics == According to the 1989 USSR Census, the village had a population of 4017, of whom 1700 were men and 2317 women.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Кількість наявного та постійного населення по кожному сільському населеному пункту, Чернігівська область (осіб) - Регіон, Рік, Категорія населення , Стать (1989(12.01)) |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp}}</ref>
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 3282.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Кількість наявного населення по кожному сільському населеному пункту, Чернігівська область (осіб) - Регіон , Рік (2001(05.12)) |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp}}</ref>
=== Languages === The native languages of its inhabitants, according to the 2001 census:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Чернігівська область (у % до загальної чисельності населення) - Регіон, Рік , Вказали у якості рідної мову (2001(05.12)) |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Language !% |- |Ukrainian | align="right" |98.53 % |- |Russian | align="right" |1.31 % |- |Romanian | align="right" |0.09 % |- |Belarusian | align="right" |0.03 % |}
== Notable people ==
* Yurii Hlushko-Mova (1882 —1942), Ukrainian public and political figure. * Lev Biryuk, Ukrainian politician. * Vasyl Lopata, Ukrainian artist and author.
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Nizhyn Raion}} {{Chernihiv Oblast}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|50|34|15|N|31|30|56|E|display=title|region:UA_type:city}}
Category:Kozeletsky Uezd Category:Villages in Nizhyn Raion