Horodzhiv Explained

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]

Geography

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 WarsawLviv 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.

Religious structures

There are two churches in the village:

Famous people

Dmytro Sapiha – editor, journalist, director of the state enterprise "All-Ukrainian state multi-profile publishing house " KAMENIAR ".

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Добросинско-Магеровская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
  2. http://atu_reform.gki.com.ua/en/ustriy_page/2230 Lavrykivska village council
  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.
  5. http://drymba.net/uk/1024375-selo-horodzhiv Село Городжів: карта вулиць
  6. http://drymba.net/uk/nrb/sights/1024375-selo-horodzhiv?page=1 Село Городжів: Пам'ятки