Velyki Hrybovychi Explained

Velyki Hrybovychi
Native Name:Великі Грибовичі
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Lviv Oblast
Coordinates:49.9114°N 24.0522°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Lviv Raion
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1440
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:12,30
Elevation Footnotes:/(average value of)
Elevation M:251
Population Total:1232
Population Density Km2:138,54
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:80380
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 3252
Website:село Великі Грибовичі (Ukrainian)

Velyki Hrybovychi (Ukrainian: Вели́кі Грибо́вичі) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population of the village is about 1232 people. Local government is administered by Hrybovytska village council.[2]

Geography

The village is located in the direction Highway M09 (Ukraine) () at a distance 10km (10miles) from the regional center of Lviv and 22km (14miles) from the district center Zhovkva. The village Mali Hrybovychi is located not far, a distance of 2km (01miles), from Velyki Hrybovychi.

History

The first written mention dates back to year 1440.[3]
In the village was a Greek Catholic parish but the Roman Catholic parish was in a nearby village Malekhiv.

Until 18 July 2020, Velyki Hrybovychi 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.[4] [5]

Attractions

An architectural monument of local importance of the Zhovkva Raion is in the village Velyki Hrybovychi. It is the St. Cosmas and St. Damian's Greek Catholic Church, built in 1897 (1927-M).[6] Construction of the church was started in 1897 and been completed in the 1906. Church was consecrated by Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky on April 22, 1908.

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Literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Львовская городская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
  2. Web site: 2023 .
  3. http://drymba.net/en/1009629-velyki-hrybovychi-village Velyki Hrybovychi village: street map, description
  4. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  5. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  6. [:uk:Пам'ятки архітектури Жовківського району|Пам'ятки архітектури Жовківського району]