Verkhnie

Verkhnie (Ukrainian: Ве́рхнє, before 1946 Ботелка Вижня, Polish: Butelka Wyżna) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. It belongs to Borynia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

Verkhnie
Ве́рхнє
Village
Verkhnie is located in Lviv Oblast
Verkhnie
Verkhnie
Coordinates: 49°02′45″N 22°57′10″E
CountryUkraine Ukraine
OblastLviv
RaionSambir
Area
1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population
877
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)

The village is a sister settlement of Nyzhnye. Both used to be a single village, which was first mentioned in 1558. There is an Orthodox church built in years 1913–1914.[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Verkhnie belonged to Turka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Turka Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.[3][4]

References
  1. "Боринская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". pp. 432–433. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.


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