| Stavnytsia | |
| Native Name: | Ставниця |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| Pushpin Label Position: | inline,title |
| Coordinates: | 49.4478°N 27.4319°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Khmelnytskyi Raion |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1274 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2,918 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
| Elevation M: | 285 |
| Population Total: | 1121 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 31530 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 3857 |
| Website: | село Ставниця райцентр Летичів (Ukrainian) |
Stavnytsia (Ukrainian: Ста́вниця) is a village in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to Medzhybizh settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population of the village is around 1 121 persons.[2] Local government is administered by Medzhybizh village council.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Stavnytsia belonged to Letychiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Letychiv Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.[4] [5]
The village is located on the left bank of the river Buzhok, at the confluence of the Southern Bug and Buzhok rivers.It is a not far from the Highway M12 (Ukraine) () at a distance 20km (10miles) from the former district center in Letychiv, 39km (24miles) from the regional center of Khmelnytskyi, and 88km (55miles) from the city of Vinnytsia.
The ruins of the Nevitske castle - "Castle Rakoczy" are preserved in the village. This is the only monument the 16th century of fortification that has been preserved in Ukraine. The first mention of the castle appeared in the 1274th year. In 1644, the castle was destroyed by the Hungarian Monarch Ferenc Rakoczy.
On the outskirts of the village were found Scythian settlements and settlement Cherniakhivska culture.[6]