Berestiany | |
Native Name: | Берестяни |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Lviv |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Sambir |
Coordinates: | 49.6058°N 23.0925°W |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine |
Area Total Km2: | 7.315 |
Population Total: | 699 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Berestiany (Берестяни, Polish: Brześciany) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. Volia-Berestiany belongs to Biskovychi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
The village was first mentioned in 1469. The local Orthodox church was mentioned in 1507. In the interwar period the village belonged to Poland. A Catholic parish was erected in 1920. Before World War 2 Berestiany had around 1,200 inhabitants, one third of them were Poles.[2]