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:
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.
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]
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).