{{short description|City in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Zastavna | native_name = {{lang|uk|Заставна}} | native_name_lang = uk | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Заставна.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Sign at the entrance of the city | image_flag = Zastav_h.png | image_shield = Zastav_s.png | shield_size = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Chernivtsi Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_map1 = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Chernivtsi Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Chernivtsi Raion | established_title = First chronicled | established_date = 1589 | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = | parts_style = | parts = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Yaroslav Tsurkan | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_total = 7750 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|48|31|13|N|25|50|42|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 59400-05 | area_code = +380 3737 | blank_name = | blank_info = | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Zastavna urban hromada }}
'''Zastavna''' ({{langx|uk|Заставна}}, {{IPA|uk|zɐsˈtɑu̯nɐ|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Заставна.wav}}; {{langx|ro|Zastavna}}, {{langx|de|Zastavna}}) is a small city in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine. Zastavna is located {{convert|26|km|mi}} to the north of the city of Chernivtsi, in the historical region of Bukovina. It hosts the administration of Zastavna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_zastavna">{{cite web |title=Заставненская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/zastavnivska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref> Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|7,750|.}}
==Etymology== The name of Zastavna most likely origins from its location surrounded by ponds (ukr. "stav"). There is also a theory that the name comes from the turnpike ({{Lang|uk|застава|}}, {{Transliteration|uk|zastava}}) which once stood on the road to Chernivtsi .{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
Between 1941 and 1944, while part of Romania, it was known in Romanian as {{Lang|ro|Târgu Nistrului}}, {{Literal translation|Dniester Town}}.
==History== {{Quote box |width=18em |align=left |bgcolor=#B0D4DE |title=Historical affiliations |fontsize=85% |quote=<poem>{{flag|Moldavia}} 1589–1775 {{flagicon image|Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg}} Habsburg monarchy 1775–1804 {{flag|Austrian Empire}} 1804–1918 {{flag|Kingdom of Romania}} 1918–1940 {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} (Ukrainian SSR) 1940–1941 {{flag|Kingdom of Romania}} 1941–1944 {{flag|Soviet Union}} (Ukrainian SSR) 1944–1991 {{flag|Ukraine}} 1991–present</poem> }} The first mention in chronicles is dated to 1589.
Zastavna has the status of town since 1940.<ref name= Sov72>Заставна // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 9. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.</ref><ref>Заставна // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.453</ref><ref name= Sov91>Заставна // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.452</ref>
A local newspaper is published here since January 1945.<ref>№ 3268. Знамя победы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.427</ref>
In January 1989 the population was 9438 people.<ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу]</ref><ref name= Sov91/>
In January 2013 the population was 8063 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |title=Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.108 |access-date=2019-08-03 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053518/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Until 18 July 2020, Zastavna served as an administrative center of Zastavna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Zastavna Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
== Transport == The city has a railway station<ref name="Sov72" /><ref name="Sov91" /> (Lviv Railways)
== Notable people == *Eliyahu Temler (1919–1948) - Irgun senior commander
==Gallery== <gallery> file:Zastavna,synagogue.jpg|Great synagogue </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=16.05.2009&rf7571=38950 Zastavna on the web-site of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (official website)] {{in lang|uk}}
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