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Nizhyn
City population
66,983
#66
in Ukraine
#2
in Chernihiv Oblast
#8,589
worldwide
51.048, 31.888 · 116 km from Kyiv
About Nizhyn
Nizhyn is a city in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine with a population of 66,983. It is the 66th largest of the 272 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ukraine, and the 8,589th largest worldwide. It lies 116 km from Kyiv.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 6
Coordinates
51.048, 31.888
Record updated
10 March 2026
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.