Hirnyk (Lviv)
Hirnyk | ||
Гірник | ||
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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 | |
KOATUU : | 4611845300 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 urban-type settlement | |
Mayor : | Andrij Klymchuk | |
Address: | вул. Грушевського 17а 80191 смт. Гірник |
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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.