Official Name: | Zahvizdia |
Native Name: | Ukrainian: Загвіздя |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Zahvizdia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Zahvizdia in Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 48.9225°N 24.6547°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Ivano-Frankivsk Raion |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1394 |
Zahvizdia (Ukrainian: Загвіздя; Polish: Zagwoźdź) is a village in Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is the centre of the Zahvizdia rural hromada.[1]
Zahvizdia was first mentioned by Władysław II Jagiełło in a 1394 letter granting control over several villages in Galicia.[2] According to a 1949 report by the Ministry of State Security of the Soviet Union, the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists was active in Zahvizdia.[3]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 99.3% of Zahvizdia speaks Ukrainian, while another 0.5% of the population speaks Russian. 0.1% of the village additionally speaks Armenian.[4]