Verkhovyna

Verkhovyna

Верховина

Verkhovyna

Basic data

Oblast :

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Rajon :

Verkhovyna Raion

Height :

618 m

Area :

51.80 km²

Residents :

5,412 (2004)

Population density :

104 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

78700

Area code :

+380 3432

Geographic location :

48 ° 9 ' N , 24 ° 48' E Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '13 " N , 24 ° 47' 58" E

KOATUU :

2620855100

Administrative structure :

1 urban-type settlement , 1 village

Mayor :

Ivan Sumaruk

Address:

78700 смт. Верховина

Statistical information

Verkhovyna

Verkhovyna (Ukrainian Верховина - until 1962 Жаб'є / Schabje; Russian Verkhovina , Polish Żabie ) is an urban-type settlement in western Ukraine .

View of the place

The settlement, first mentioned in writing in 1424, is the center of the raion of the same name and lies in the mountains inhabited by Hutsuls . The Chornyj Cheremosh River flows through the town in a west-east direction. The region is also known as Pokutien . From Verkhovyna the regional road Р-62 leads over the Kryvopillja pass to Vorokhta .

In addition to the settlement, the village of Wiptsche (Віпче) also belongs to the settlement council.

Personalities

Volodymyr Boschtschuk (* 1982), ski jumper

Web links

Commons : Verkhovyna - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Żabie . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 14 : Vorovo – Żyżyn . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1895, p. 711 (Polish, edu.pl ).