Vovchukhy | |
Native Name: | Вовчухи |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast |
Coordinates: | 49.7825°N 23.5297°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast (province) |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion (district) |
Subdivision Name2: | Lviv Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada (municipality) |
Subdivision Name3: | Horodok urban hromada |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1428 |
Area Total Km2: | 2310 |
Elevation M: | 262 |
Population Total: | 747 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 81506 |
Area Code: | +380 3231 |
Website: | село Вовчухи |
Vovchukhy (Ukrainian: Вовчу́хи, Polish: Wołczuchy) is a village (selo) in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population of the village is just about 747 people. [2]
The village is surrounded by Dobrjany, Dolyniany, Rodatychi and Bratkovychi. It is located at a distance of 2km (01miles) from the highway in Ukraine connecting Lviv with Przemyśl. Near the village passes railway from Lviv to Przemyśl in Poland. A distance from Kernytsia to the district center Horodok is 10km (10miles), to the regional center of Lviv is 40km (30miles) and 51km (32miles) to Przemyśl.
The village was founded in 1428.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Vovchukhy 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]
The village has attractions of monumental art of Horodok Raion[6] - a monument to Ivan Franko, and the priest Zahayevych. In the village there is a monument to Taras Shevchenko, a monument to Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.