Velykyi Liubin Explained

Velykyi Liubin
Native Name:Великий Любінь
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Rural settlement
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Label Position:inline,title
Coordinates:49.7239°N 23.7336°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Lviv Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Lviv Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Velykyi Liubin settlement hromada
Established Title:Established
Established Date:13th century
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:33,45
Elevation Footnotes:/(average value of)
Elevation M:275
Population Total:4528
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:81556; 81555
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 3231
Website:Великий Любінь, Офіційний сайт громади(Ukrainian)

Velykyi Liubin (Ukrainian: Великий Любінь; Polish: Lubień Wielki) is a rural settlement in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. The settlement has a balneological and cardiological resort and sanatorium. It hosts the administration of Velykyi Liubin settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Local government is administered by Velykoliubinska Settlement Council.[2] Population:

Geography

The settlement Velykyi Liubin is located along the Highway Ukraine ()  - Lviv  - Sambir  - Uzhhorod. Distance from the regional center Lviv is the 28km (17miles), 16km (10miles) from the district center Horodok and 284km (176miles) from Uzhhorod.

History

The area of the settlement totals is 33.45 km2 and the population is about 4550 people.[3]

Until 18 July 2020, Velykyi Liubin belonged to Horodok 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 Horodok Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.[4] [5]

Until 26 January 2024, Velykyi Liubin was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Velykyi Liubin became a rural settlement.[6]

Religious structures and attractions

In the settlement there are three religious communities. This religious community of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Religious Community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate and Religious Community of the Roman Catholic Church.
At today in the settlement is the wooden Greek Catholic Church,[7] St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (2000), Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa (1930–1932).

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Literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Великолюбинская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
  2. http://atu.minregion.gov.ua/en/ustriy_page/1626 Velykoliubinska town council
  3. http://drymba.net/uk/1005668-smt-velykyy-lyubin С.м.т. Великий Любінь: карта вулиць
  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. News: Что изменится в Украине с 1 января . glavnoe.in.ua . ru. 1 January 2024.
  7. http://decerkva.org.ua/vel_lubin.html Дерев'яні церкви Західної Укреїни/Великий Любінь, Церква Св. Миколи 1854