Bilky | |
Native Name: | Білки |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | village |
Flag Alt: | Flag village Bilky |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Zakarpattia Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Label Position: | inline,title |
Coordinates: | 48.3294°N 23.1397°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Khust Raion |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1245 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 4,4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
Elevation M: | 175 |
Population Total: | 8064 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 90132 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 3144 |
Website: | селище Білки, райцентр Іршава (Ukrainian) |
Bilky (Ukrainian: Бі́лки; Hungarian: [[:hu:Bilke|Bilke]]) is a village in Khust Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. The village covers an area of 4,4 km2.[1] The population of the village is about 8 064.[2]
Village Bilky located in the center of the Transcarpathian region (Zakarpattia Oblast) on the altitude of 175m (574feet) above sea level, that is situated in the river valley Borzhava.
It is at a distance 93km (58miles) from the regional center of Uzhhorod, 11km (07miles) from Irshava, and 52km (32miles) from Mukachevo.
The first written record of village Bilky dates back to the 17th century. By King Béla IV of Hungary, King of Hungary and Croatia, was made a present and gave royal charter in 1245.
But there have been found remains of three settlements in of the Neolithic (IV-III millennium BC) in the village. It has preserved remains of the Slavic of the settlement 8th-9th century AD.
In the village there are religious community of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Ukrainian Orthodox Church. There are two temples.