Humnyska | |
Native Name: | Гумниська |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map1: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast |
Pushpin Map Caption1: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast |
Coordinates: | 49.9689°N 24.7214°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Zolochiv Raion |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1476 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2,389 |
Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
Elevation M: | 218 |
Population Total: | 455 |
Population Density Km2: | 190,46 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 80531 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 3264 |
Website: | село Гумниська(Ukrainian) |
Humnyska (uk|Гумни́ська) is a village (selo) in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Busk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The village covers an area of 2,389 km2 at an altitude of 218m (715feet) above sea level.[2] Local government is administered by Humnyska village council.[3] A village Chuchmany is also in the structure of local government.
The village is located near the highway in European route E40 connecting Lviv with Kyiv. Distance to the highway is 2km (01miles). And a distance from the regional center Lviv is 63km (39miles), 10km (10miles) from the district center Busk, and 481km (299miles) from Kyiv.
Village Humnyska, probably founded in the fifteenth century, has a record of where it was first mentioned in 1476.
Traces of Stone Age settlements (3rd millennium BC) and early Bronze Age archaeological excavations have been revealed near villages Chuchmany and Humnyska.
From 1772 the village was a part of Austrian Empire, since 1867 as part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. From 1920 to 1939 Humnyska was part of Second Polish Republic.
In 1931, a school was built in the village. The first director was Stepan Kalynevych. He led the school until 1945 and made a significant contribution to the development of education in rural areas.[4]
Until 18 July 2020, Humnyska belonged to Busk 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 Busk Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion.[5] [6]
The first church building was built of wood in 1724. The new building was built and consecrated November 21, 1926, and it survived to the present day. This is the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. The Church is in the list of wooden churches in the Lviv region.[7]
In 1838 Markiyan Shashkevych was a priest in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel.