Matviivka, Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
village in Zaporizhia Raion (district), Zaporizhia Oblast (province), Ukraine
Matviivka (Ukrainian: Матві́ївка) is a village in southern Ukraine, located in Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It is the administrative center of Matviivka rural hromada.
History
Until 17 July 2020, Matviivka was administratively located in Vilniansk Raion, which was abolished and its territory transferred to Zaporizhzhia Raion.
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Matviivka had a population of 3,902 inhabitants.
“Matviivka, Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast” enters the record as village in Zaporizhia Raion (district), Zaporizhia Oblast (province), Ukraine. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Matviivka, Zaporizhzhia and Raion can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7226876. Authority coordinates are 47.903, 35.305. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2001.
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This entry incorporates text from “Matviivka, Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.