Vovchukhy
{{Short description|Rural locality in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine}}
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| native_name = Вовчухи
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = Village
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Oblast (province)
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Lviv Oblast}}
| subdivision_type2 = Raion (district)
| subdivision_name2 = Lviv Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada (municipality)
| subdivision_name3 = Horodok urban hromada
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1428
| area_total_km2 = 2310
| elevation_m = 262
| population_total = 747
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 81506
| area_code = +380 3231
| website = [http://1ua.com.ua/c145994 село Вовчухи] {{in lang|uk}}
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Vovchukhy ({{langx|uk|Вовчу́хи}}, {{langx|pl|Wołczuchy}}) is a village (selo) in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Городокская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/gorodok/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}
The population of the village is just about 747 people. [http://rada.info/rada/04372945/ Долинянська сільська рада] {{in lang|uk}}
Geography
The village is surrounded by Dobrjany, Dolyniany, Rodatychi and Bratkovychi. It is located at a distance of {{convert| 2 |km|mi}} from the highway in Ukraine {{Jct|country=UKR|M|11}} connecting Lviv with Przemyśl. Near the village passes railway from Lviv to Przemyśl in Poland. A distance from Kernytsia to the district center Horodok is {{convert| 10 |km|mi}}, to the regional center of Lviv is {{convert| 40 |km|mi}} and {{convert| 51 |km|mi}} to Przemyśl.
History and Attractions
The village was founded in 1428.[http://drymba.net/uk/1025603-selo-vovchukhy] {{in lang|uk}}
Until 18 July 2020, Vovchukhy belonged to Horodok Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Horodok Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}
The village has attractions of monumental art of Horodok RaionПам'ятки монументального мистецтва Городоцького району. (Н - 1476) {{in lang|uk}} – a monument to Ivan Franko, and the priest Zahayevych. In the village there is a monument to Taras Shevchenko, a monument to Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.
File:The Monument of Ivan Franko and the priest Vasyl Zahayevych. (Vovchukhy).JPG|The Monument of Ivan Franko and the priest Vasyl Zahayevych
File:A newly built Church of the Epiphany. (Vovchukhy).JPG| A newly built Church of the Epiphany
File:St. George's Church (Vovchukhy).JPG|The Parish Church of St George in the village Vovchukhy
Personalities
- Zahayevych Vasyl Dmytrovych Загаєвич Василь Дмитрович {{in lang|uk}} – Ukrainian writer, educator. The priest of the Greek Catholic Church, the pastor of the village Vovchukhy. A close associate of Ivan Franko.
References
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External links
- [http://weather.in.ua/en/l'vovskaja/4242 weather.in.ua]
{{Horodok Raion}}
Category:Villages in Lviv Raion
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