Verkhniachka, Skole Raion

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Verkhniachka
Верхня́чка
village
Verkhniachka is located in Lviv Oblast
Verkhniachka
Verkhniachka
Coordinates: 48°46′31″N 23°14′31″E / 48.77528°N 23.24194°E / 48.77528; 23.24194Coordinates: 48°46′31″N 23°14′31″E / 48.77528°N 23.24194°E / 48.77528; 23.24194
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
Districtsize Skole Raion
Established1730
Area
 • Total174 km2 (67 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
830 m (2,720 ft)
Population
 • Total939
 • Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
82654
Area code+380 3251
WebsiteВерхнячка, райцентр Сколе (Ukrainian)

Verkhniachka (Ukrainian: Верхня́чка) – a small village (selo) in the Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of Western Ukraine (name to year 1954 - Ukrainian: Вижлів).
Population of the village is about 939 people and Local government is administered by Verkhniachkivska village council.[1]

Geography[]

The village is located deep of the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine[2] within the limits of the Eastern Beskids, on the altitude of 830 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level, which forms here the mountain climate.[3]
It is at a distance 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the Highway M06 (Ukraine) ( M06). Distance from the regional center Lviv is 159 kilometres (99 mi) , 51 kilometres (32 mi) from the district center Skole, and 151 kilometres (94 mi) from the Uzhhorod.
Stryi River originates on the outskirts of the village.

History and Attractions[]

The first written record of the village dates from 1730 and its first name - Vyzliv (Ukrainian: Вижлів).

In the village is an architectural monument of local importance of Skole Raion (Skole district). It is a wooden Church of Annunciation Virgin (1832) [4]

References[]

  1. ^ Верхнячківська сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine\Carpathian Mountains
  3. ^ Село Верхнячка: карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^ Церква Благовіщення Пресвятої Богородиці (с.Верхнячка, Львівська обл.): карта (in Ukrainian)

External links[]

Literature[]

  • Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Сколівський район, Верхня́чка. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 715 (in Ukrainian)


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