Zadviria Explained

Settlement Type:Village
Zadviria
Native Name:Ukrainian: Задвір'я
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Zolochiv
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3: Krasne
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Population Total:1736
Area Total Km2:3862
Established Date:1451
Code:80552
Coordinates:49.8808°N 24.4403°W

Zadviria (Ukrainian: Задвір'я, Polish: Zadwórze) is a village in Western Ukraine. It is located in the Zolochiv Raion of the Lviv Oblast and belongs to Krasne hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

History

The first Zadviria was mentioned in 1451.

The village was a crown land in Lwów Land of Ruthenian Voivodeship, which was administered by a nobleman Jan Kola.[1]

Population

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census the population of Zadviria was 1855 persons.

Language

Population distribution by a native language according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[2]

Language Percent
Ukrainian99,03 %
Hungarian0,59 %
Russian0,27 %

Attractions

In the northern part of the village, there is a wooden Diva Maria Church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.[3] Near the main road, the abandoned Roman Catholic Virgin Mary Queen of Poland Church is located. Nowadays, there is an ongoing construction of a new All Ukrainian Saints Church.

Notes and References

  1. Kiryk F. Kola (Koło) Jan z Dalejowa h. Junosza (zm. 1543) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Wrocław — Warszawa — Kraków, 1967. — tom ХІІІ/2, zeszyt 57. — S. 286.
  2. Web site: Data bank. Database of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine .
  3. Web site: Собору Пр. Богородиці, 1808 . 1 February 2013 . 2 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002212131/http://decerkva.org.ua/zadviria.html .