Bilshivtsi

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Bilshivtsi
Більшівці
Bolszowce
Urban type settlement
Coat of arms of Bilshivtsi
Coat of arms
Bilshivtsi is located in Ukraine
Bilshivtsi
Bilshivtsi
Coordinates: 49°11′8″N 24°44′47″E / 49.18556°N 24.74639°E / 49.18556; 24.74639Coordinates: 49°11′8″N 24°44′47″E / 49.18556°N 24.74639°E / 49.18556; 24.74639
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
RaionIvano-Frankivsk Raion
Government
 • Head of Village CouncilV.P. Sanotsky
Area
 • Total12.83 km2 (4.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total1,888
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Area code(s)(+380) 3431

Bilshivtsi (Ukrainian: Більшівці; German: Bolschowitz; Polish: Bolszowce) is an urban-type settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Between 1940 and 1963 it was the center of a raion. Bilshivtsi hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Its population was 1,888 (2021 est.)[2].

Location[]

Bilshivtsi is located at the confluence of the and the Hnyla Lypa River, a tributary of the Dniester. It is 3 kilometers to the east of the Lviv–Ivano-Frankivsk road and 8 kilometers north of the Halych train station.

History[]

Between 1772 and 1918 it was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I Bilshivtsi became part of Rohatyn Powiat in Stanisławów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union.

Bilshivtsi was occupied by German troops during World War II from 1941 to 1944. In 1943, more than 1,000 local Jewish residents were shot by German troops.[3]

Until 18 July 2020, Bilshivtsi belonged to Halych Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Halych Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Большевцовская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Bolshowtsy, Ukraine (Martyr List No. 851-1106)". www.jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  4. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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