Bilychi Explained

Bilychi
Native Name:Біличі
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Lviv Oblast
Coordinates:49.4533°N 22.8639°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sambir Raion
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:/(average value of)
Elevation M:494
Population Total:1412
Population Density Km2:365.8
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:82080
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+ 380 3238

Bilychi (Ukrainian: Біличі, Polish: Bilicz) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Staryi Sambir urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

The village is divided between Bilychi North (by the Bilychi River) and Bilychi South, below the brook, heading towards Jabłonka.

During the Interwar period, when the settlement was part of the Lwów Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic.[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Bilychi belonged to Staryi Sambir 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 Staryi Sambir Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Старосамборская городская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
  2. Web site: Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I - wynik wyszukiwania - DIR. dir.icm.edu.pl. 27 August 2017.
  3. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  4. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.