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Chernihiv
City population
282,747
#15
in Ukraine
#1
in Chernihiv Oblast
#2,023
worldwide
51.505, 31.287 · 128 km from Kyiv
About Chernihiv
Chernihiv is a city in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine with a population of 282,747. It is the 15th largest of the 272 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ukraine, and the 2,023rd largest worldwide. It lies 128 km from Kyiv.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Elevation
106 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Kyiv
Coordinates
51.505, 31.287
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 272 in UkraineClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.