Editing Chernihiv (section)

{{Short description|City in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Distinguish|Chernivtsi}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Chernihiv
| native_name        = {{lang|uk|Чернігів}}
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Ukraine|City]]
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage|position=center
 | photo1a                = Троїцький монастир.jpg
 | photo2a                = Літній ранок у Чернігові.jpg
 | photo2b                = Адміністративний будинок в місті Чернігів.jpg
 | photo3a                = Будинок колишньої губернської земської управи (Чернігів).jpg
 | photo3b                = Ночной вид на Пятницкую церковь Чернигов.jpg
 | photo4a                = Чернігів Стародавній Дитинець Панорама.jpg
   | size                 = 275
   | spacing              = 2
   | color                = #FFFFFF
   | border               = 0
   }}
| image_caption      = {{hlist|From top, left to right: [[Trinity Monastery (Chernihiv)|Trinity Monastery]]|[[Chernihiv Philharmony]]|Administrative building|The building of the former provincial zemstvo|[[Piatnytska Church (Chernihiv)|Piatnytska Church]]|view of [[ancient Chernihiv]] with [[Transfiguration Cathedral, Chernihiv|Transfiguration]], [[Boris and Gleb Cathedral, Chernihiv|Boris and Gleb]] Cathedrals and [[Chernihiv Collegium]]}}
| image_flag         = Alex K Chernihiv prapor 1992.svg
| image_shield       = Coat of Arms of Chernihiv.svg
| image_blank_emblem = Chernigov Logo.jpg
| blank_emblem_type  = [[Logo]]
| nickname           = City of Legends
| motto              = 
| image_map          = 
| mapsize            = 
| map_caption        = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]
| subdivision_name   = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_name1  = [[Chernihiv Oblast]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Chernihiv Raion]]
| established_title  = First mentioned
| established_date   = 907
| leader_title       = [[List of mayors of Chernihiv|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = {{ill|Oleksandr Lomako|uk|Ломако Олександр Анатолійович}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/10/26/7425772/|title=У в.о. мера Чернігова проводять обшуки|website=Українська правда}}</ref>
| leader_party       = [[Native Home]]<ref name="chesnopoliticianLomako202549">[https://www.chesno.org/politician/202549/ Small biography on Oleksandr Lomako], [[Civil movement "Chesno"]] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 79
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| population_as_of   = 2022
| population_note    = 
| population_total   = 282747
| population_footnotes = 
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_km2 = 1547
| pushpin_map        = Ukraine Chernihiv Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_label_position = 
| pushpin_mapsize    = 256
| pushpin_label_position1 = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Chernihiv in Ukraine
| pushpin_mapsize1   = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|51|29|38|N|31|17|41|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m        = 136
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 14000
| area_code          = (+380) 462
| registration_plate = CB / 25
| blank_info         = 
| blank1_info        = 
| website            = [http://www.chernigiv-rada.gov.ua/ chernigiv-rada.gov.ua]
| footnotes          = 
| subdivision_type3  = [[Hromada]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Chernihiv urban hromada]]
}}
'''Chernihiv''' ({{langx|uk|Чернігів}}, {{IPA|uk|tʃerˈn⁽ʲ⁾iɦiu̯|IPA|Uk-Чернігів.ogg}}; {{langx|ru|Чернигов|Chernigov}}, {{IPA|ru|tɕɪrˈnʲiɡəf|IPA}}) is a [[List of cities in Ukraine|city]] and [[List of hromadas of Ukraine|municipality]] in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of [[Chernihiv Oblast]] and [[Chernihiv Raion]] within the oblast.<ref name="admreform_2020_chernihiv_city">{{cite web |title=Чернігівська територіальна громада |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4976/composition |publisher=decentralization.gov.ua |language=uk}}</ref> Chernihiv's population is {{Ua-pop-est2022|282,747|punct=.}}

The city was designated as a [[Hero City of Ukraine]] by the Ukrainian government during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2022 |title=Zelensky gives the honorary title 'Hero City' to Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mariupol, Kherson, Hostomel, and Volnovakha. |url=https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/zelensky-gives-the-honorary-title-hero-city-to-kharkiv-chernihiv-mariupol-kherson-hostomel-and-volnovakha/ |url-status= |access-date=April 21, 2022 |website=Kyiv Independent}}</ref>