Popivtsi Explained

Popivtsi
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Lviv
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Zolochiv
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Area Total Km2:2.121
Population Total:477
Population Density Km2:224
Coordinates:49.9597°N 25.3853°W

Popivtsi (Попівці) is a village (selo) in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It belongs to Pidkamin settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Tarnopol Voivodeship in Poland.

Popivtsi also is the administrative center of the local rural council that includes five villages including Popivtsi. The other villages are Horbanivka, Dudyn, Nemyach, and Shpaky. The total population of those five villages is 1,722 over 32626 km2.

Until 18 July 2020, Popivtsi belonged to Brody 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 Brody Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion.[2] [3]

Notable residents

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50°N 25.64°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Подкаменская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
  2. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  3. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.