Halychany, Lviv Oblast

Halychany Галичани
village
Halychany
Coordinates: 49°48′27″N 23°36′01″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Lviv Oblast
District	Lviv Raion
Established	1473
Area
• Total	1,185 km^2 (458 sq mi)
Elevation /(average value of)	282 m (925 ft)
Population
• Total	776
• Density	0.65/km^2 (1.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	81504
Area code	+380 3231
Website	село Галичани / райцентр Городок / облцентр Львів^(Ukrainian)

Halychany (Ukrainian: Галича́ни) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine.^[1] It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[2] The population of the village is about 776 people. Local government is administered by Halychanivska village council. ^[3]

Geography

The village is located at a distance of 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the district center of Horodok along the road from Horodok to Yavoriv. That is a distance 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the town of Yavoriv and 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the regional center of Lviv.^[4]

History

The first mention of Halychany dates from the year 1473.^[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Halychany belonged to Horodok Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Horodok Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.^[6][7]

Cult constructions and religion

St. Cosmas and St. Damian's Church (1819)

An architectural monument of local importance of the Horodok district is in the village of Halychany. It is the St. Cosmas and St. Damian's Greek Catholic Church, built in 1819 (1569M). ^[8]

References

1. Halychany (Galichany', Galichany, Haliczany) on the online Google map with streets and house numbers
2. "Городокская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
3. Галичанівська сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
4. DELLA
5. [1] (in Ukrainian)
6. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
7. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
8. Пам'ятки архітектури Городоцького району(in Ukrainian)

External links

• E n c y c l o p e d i a o f S i g h t s, Gorodok district » Galychany
• weather.in.ua