Bratkovychi

Bratkovychi
Братковичі
village
General view of the village Bratkovychi.
General view of the village Bratkovychi.
Bratkovychi is located in Lviv Oblast
Bratkovychi
Bratkovychi
Coordinates: 49°47′24″N 23°35′24″E / 49.79000°N 23.59000°E / 49.79000; 23.59000
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
DistrictLviv Raion
Established1410
Area
 • Total
1,295 km2 (500 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
247 m (810 ft)
Population
 • Total
1,314
 • Density1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
81524
Area code+380 3231
Websiteсело Братковичі / райцентр Городок / облцентр Львів (Ukrainian)

Bratkovychi (Ukrainian: Братковичі, pol. Bratkowice) is a selo (village) in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Bratkovychi is near the Polish border. Local government – Bratkovytska village council. [2]

Until 18 July 2020, Bratkovychi 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.[3][4]

The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1410.[5]

In Bratkovychi are Greek Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1903.

Bratkovychi gained notoriety in 1996, when two families, the Pilats and the Krychkovskyi, totaling 9 people, were murdered by the serial killer Anatoly Onoprienko.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Notes

  1. ^ "Городокская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Бартатівська сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ^ [1] (in Ukrainian)

References

  • Ukrainian: Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р.
  • weather.in.ua


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