Horodzhiv | |
Native Name: | Городжів |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast |
Coordinates: | 50.1278°N 23.7744°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Lviv Raion |
Established Title: | Established |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2,41 |
Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
Elevation M: | 229 |
Population Total: | 1054 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 80336 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 3252 |
Website: | місто Городжів/райцентр Жовква(Ukrainian) |
Horodzhiv (Ukrainian: Горо́джів) is a village (selo) in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Dobrosyn-Maheriv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population of the village is about 1054 people. Local government is administered by Lavrykivska village council.[2]
Until 18 July 2020, Horodzhiv belonged to Zhovkva 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 Zhovkva Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.[3] [4]
The village is located above the Bila River, in a low marshy area on the altitude of 229m (751feet) above sea level. [5] It is at a distance 5km (03miles) on the west of the Highway M09 (Ukraine) (), which is part of the Warsaw – Lviv route.
The distance from the regional center of Lviv is 49km (30miles), 19km (12miles) from the district center Zhovkva and 25km (16miles) from the city of Rava-Ruska.
There are two churches in the village:
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