Bilshivtsi
Bilshivtsi (Ukrainian: Більшівці; German: Bolschowitz; Polish: Bołszowce) is an urban-type settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. Bilshivtsi hosts the administration of Bilshivtsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Its population was 1,843 (2022 estimate).[2]
Bilshivtsi
Більшівці Bołszowce | |
|---|---|
 Main square in the village | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Bilshivtsi  Bilshivtsi | |
| Coordinates: 49°11′8″N 24°44′47″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion | Ivano-Frankivsk Raion |
| Government | |
| • Head of Village Council | V.P. Sanotsky |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.83 km2 (4.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,843 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Area code | (+380) 3431 |
Location
Bilshivtsi is located at the confluence of the Narayivka River and the Hnyla Lypa River, a tributary of the Dniester. It is 3 kilometers to the east of the Lviv–Ivano-Frankivsk road and 8 kilometers north of the Halych train station.
History
Between 1772 and 1918 it was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I Bilshivtsi became part of Rohatyn Powiat in Stanisławów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union.
Bilshivtsi was occupied by German troops during World War II from 1941 to 1944. In 1943, more than 1,000 local Jewish residents were shot by German troops.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Bilshivtsi belonged to Halych Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Halych Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.[4][5]
References
- "Большевцовская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- "Bolshowtsy, Ukraine (Martyr List No. 851-1106)". www.jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.