Zastavna

• Name — Zastavna • Native Name — Заставна • Settlement Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Oblast • Subdivision Name1 — Chernivtsi Oblast • Subdivision Type2 — Raion • Subdivision Name2 — Chernivtsi Raion • Established Title — First chronicled • Established Date — 1589 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Yaroslav Tsurkan • Unit Pref — Metric • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Total — 7750 • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 59400-05 • Area Code — +380 3737 • Subdivision Type3 — Hromada • Subdivision Name3 — Zastavna urban hromada

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 (застава, zastava) which once stood on the road to Chernivtsi. Between 1941 and 1944, while part of Romania, it was known in Romanian as Târgu Nistrului, Dniester Town.

The first mention in chronicles is dated to 1589. Before 1918 Zastavna was a district centre of Bukovina and a centre of Ukrainian community in the northern part of the region. In 1930 it had approximately 5,100 inhabitants. Zastavna received town status in 1940. A local newspaper was published since January 1945. In January 1989 Zastavna's population had reached 9,438 people. By January 2013 it had decreased to 8063 people. 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.

The city has a railway station (Lviv Railways)

• Mykola Ivasiuk (1865–1937), Ukrainian painter • Eliyahu Temler (1919–1948), Irgun senior commander

• Illustration — Great synagogue