Nyschnja Apscha
| Nyschnja Apscha | |||
| Нижня Апша | |||
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| Oblast : | Zakarpattia Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Tyachiv Raion | ||
| Height : | 251 m | ||
| Area : | 30 km² | ||
| Residents : | 7,227 (2004) | ||
| Population density : | 241 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 90571 | ||
| Area code : | +380 3134 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 23 ° 50 ′ E | ||
| KOATUU : | 2124482401 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 3 villages | ||
| Address: | вул. Леніна 121 90571 с. Нижня Апша |
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Nyschnja Apscha ( Ukrainian Нижня Апша ; Russian Нижняя Апша Nizhnyaja Apscha , Slovak Nižná Apša , Hungarian Alsóapsa ) is a village in the southeast of the Ukrainian Zakarpattia Oblast near the Romanian border with about 7200 inhabitants (2004).
The village, first mentioned in writing in 1380, is located in the historical region of Maramureş and was called Dubrawa ( Дубрава ) until 2004 . It is the administrative center of the district council of the same name in the southeast of Tyachiv Rajon . The district municipality Nyschnja Apscha also includes the villages Peschtschera ( Пещера ⊙ ) with about 100 inhabitants and Podishor ( Подішор ⊙ ) with about 1100 inhabitants.
Nyschnja Apscha is located on the banks of the Apschyzja ( Апшиця ), a 39-kilometer tributary of the Tisza and on the N 09 highway . The Rajon center of Tyachiv is 22 km to the west and the Uzhhorod oblast center is 157 km to the north-west of Nysnya Apsha.
In the south of the village there is a train station on the Teresva – Velykyj Bychkiv railway line . There are two wooden churches in the village : the wooden church of St. Nicholas from 1604 with a bell tower from the 18th century and the wooden church of St. Basil the Great from the 18th century.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nyschnja Apscha on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada , accessed on June 8, 2015
- ↑ Villages and cities in the Transcarpathian region on imsu-zakarpattja.com, accessed on June 8, 2015
- ↑ Churches in Nyschnja Apscha on www.derev.org.ua, accessed on June 8, 2015