Hirnyk (Lviv)

Hirnyk
Гірник
	Hirnyk
Basic data
Oblast :	Lviv Oblast
Rajon :	Tscherwonohrad district
Height :	no information
Area :	1.20 km²
Residents :	2,860 (1/1/2011)
Population density :	2,383 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	80191
Area code :	+380 3249
Geographic location :	50 ° 21 '  N , 24 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '33 "  N , 24 ° 12' 24"  E
KOATUU :	4611845300
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement
Mayor :	Andrij Klymchuk
Address:	вул. Грушевського 17а 80191 смт. Гірник
Statistical information
Hirnyk

Hirnyk (Ukrainian Гірник ; Russian Горняк / Gornjak ) is an urban-type settlement in the city district of Chervonohrad of Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine . The Ukrainian word means "miner".

The settlement is located 61 kilometers north of Lviv on the Rata River.

The place was founded in 1954 for the workers of a newly created coal mine (today Shakhta Widrodschennja / Шахта "Відродження") and was initially called Hrjadoju (Грядою), in 1956 it was finally given the status of an urban-type settlement and at the same time the name on Gornjak or Gornjak. Ukrainian Hirnyk changed.