Kuriany, Ukraine

Kuriany (Ukrainian: Куряни; Polish: Kurzany) is village of 831 people in the Berezhany Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Kuriany is situated on both sides of the Narayivka River, in a valley surrounded by hills covered with thick forests on both sides. The main Ternopil-Stryi highway runs through town.

Its name comes from the word "kuryty" (= to smoke) or "kury" (hens). There are large deposits of sand near the village, providing some sand mining industry. The distance to Berezhany is 13 km eastward. The closest villages are Pavliv, Volytsya (Vulka) and Rohachyn to the east and Demnya and Pidvysoke to the west. The village has an old Greek-Catholic Church of St. Paraskeva, a supermarket, a Taras Shevchenko monument, and 11-year secondary school.

Demographics

Population in 1900: 1416 inhabitants (111 Jews)
Population in 1939: 1880 inhabitants (30 Jews)
Population in 2001: 831 inhabitants, including 204 houses.

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