Velyki Hrybovychi

Velyki Hrybovychi
Великі Грибовичі
village
Velyki Hrybovychi
Coordinates: UA 49°54′41″N 24°03′08″E / 49.91139°N 24.05222°E / 49.91139; 24.05222Coordinates: UA 49°54′41″N 24°03′08″E / 49.91139°N 24.05222°E / 49.91139; 24.05222
Country  Ukraine
Province  Lviv Oblast
District Zhovkva Raion
Established 1440
Area
 • Total 12,30 km2 (470 sq mi)
Elevation/(average value of) 251 m (823 ft)
Population
 • Total 1,704
 • Density 138,54/km2 (35,880/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 80380
Area code +380 3252
Website село Великі Грибовичі (Ukrainian)

Velyki Hrybovychi (Ukrainian: Вели́кі Грибо́вичі) is a village in Zhovkva Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. The population of the village is about 1704 people. Local government is administered by Hrybovytska village council.[1]

Geography

The village is located in the direction Highway M09 (Ukraine) () at a distance 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the regional center of Lviv and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the district center Zhovkva. The village Mali Hrybovychi is located not far, a distance of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), from Velyki Hrybovychi.

History

The first written mention dates back to year 1440.[2]
In the village was a Greek Catholic parish but the Roman Catholic parish was in a nearby village Malekhiv.

Attractions

An architectural monument of local importance of the Zhovkva Raion is in the village Velyki Hrybovychi. It is the St. Cosmas and St. Damian's Greek Catholic Church, built in 1897 (1927-M).[3] Construction of the church was started in 1897 and been completed in the 1906. Church was consecrated by Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky in April 22, 1908.

References

  1. ↑ Hrybovytska village council
  2. ↑ Velyki Hrybovychi village: street map, description
  3. ↑ Пам'ятки архітектури Жовківського району (Ukrainian)

Literature


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.