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# Irshansk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Іршанськ.

## English name

**Irshansk** — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Irshansk’** — Ukrainian-based spelling retaining the final soft-sign mark.
- **Titanograd** — Early unofficial name explicitly quoted in the English locality history; neither current nor official.
- **11th Kilometer** — Early descriptive name explicitly quoted in English locality history; a translated nickname rather than an official civic name.
- **Irchansk** — French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- **Irshans’k** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Ìršansʹk** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Irshansʹk** — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Іршанськ** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.

## French name

**Irchansk** — French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.

Other forms in use:

- **Tytanohrad** — Early informal name explicitly recorded in French locality history.
- **Kilomètre-11** — Translated early name explicitly printed in the French locality history.
- **Tourtchynka** — Earlier local name printed in French history; also the name of the nearby railway station, so scope is context-dependent.
- **Irshansk** — International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above.
- **Kilometre-11** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kilomètre-11 for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Irshansk is a settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine. It developed in connection with the mining and processing of titanium-bearing mineral sands.

## Notes

Early names 11th Kilometer, Titanograd/Tytanohrad and Tourtchynka are described in English/French local histories. Their status and extent differ from a formal municipal renaming; no unverified exact dates assigned. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irshansk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irchansk ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Іршанськ ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Іршанск ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irșansk.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2652172](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2652172) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/irshansk/?format=json)


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