Biskovychi

Biskovychi
Бісковичі
Village

Coat of arms
Biskovychi
Coordinates: UA 49°32′20″N 23°09′21″E / 49.53889°N 23.15583°E / 49.53889; 23.15583
Country Ukraine Ukraine
Oblast Lviv
Raion Sambir
Area 11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Population 2,413
 • Density 210/km2 (540/sq mi)

Biskovychi (Ukrainian: Бісковичі, Polish: Biskowice) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine.

The village was first mentioned in 1375. In the interwar period the village belonged to Poland and was inhabited by over 3000 people, mostly Poles.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia. (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 125. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.


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