Biskovychi | |
Native Name: | Бісковичі |
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: | 49.5389°N 23.1558°W |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine |
Area Total Km2: | 11.54 |
Population Total: | 2413 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Biskovychi (Ukrainian: Бісковичі, Polish: Biskowice) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. Biskovychi hosts the administration of Biskovychi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
The village was first mentioned in 1375. In the interwar period the village belonged to Poland and was inhabited by over 3000 people, mostly Poles.[2]