Bilohirja

Bilohirja

Білогір'я

Bilohirja

Basic data

Oblast :

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Rajon :

Bilohirja district

Height :

no information

Area :

8.6 km²

Residents :

5,244 (2019)

Population density :

610 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

30200

Area code :

+380 3841

Geographic location :

50 ° 0 ' N , 26 ° 25' E Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '18 " N , 26 ° 24' 57" E

KOATUU :

6820355100

Administrative structure :

1 urban-type settlement

Address:

вул. Шевченка 44
30200 смт. Білогір'я

Statistical information

Bilohirja

Bilohirja ( Ukrainian Білогір'я ; Russian Белогорье Belogorje , Polish Lachowce ) is an urban-type settlement in the northwest of the Ukrainian Khmelnitsky Oblast and the administrative center of the raion of the same name with about 5200 inhabitants (2019).

Place view

history

The village was first mentioned in writing in 1493 and received city rights in 1583. Until 1945 the place was called Lyachowzy (Russian Ляховцы , Ukrainian Ляхівці Lyachiwzi ). From July 5, 1941 to March 5, 1944, the village was occupied by Wehrmacht troops. From 1946 to 1960 it was a settlement ( селище ) and since 1960 Bilohirja has had urban-type settlement status.

geography

Bilohirja is located on the left bank of the Horyn , a right tributary of the Pripyat about 125 km northwest of the Oblast capital Khmelnytskyi . The village's train station is on the Shepetivka - Ternopil railway line .

Rajon

The district of Bilohirja , the administrative seat of which is the village, is located in the northwest of the oblast. It has an area of 776.3 km² and a population of around 27,500 inhabitants. The population density is 36 inhabitants per km².

Personalities

Wilhelm Bogusławski (1825–1901); Polish lawyer and historian

Web links

Commons : Bilohirja - collection of images, videos and audio files

Lachowce . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 5 : Kutowa Wola – Malczyce . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1884, p. 53 (Polish, edu.pl ).
Story of Bilohirja on castles.com (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

↑ Cities in Ukraine at pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on September 28, 2014
^ History of the village . Retrieved September 29, 2014

[1] Cities in Ukraine at pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on September 28, 2014

[2] History of the village . Retrieved September 29, 2014