Berestiany

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Berestiany
Берестяни
Village
Berestiany is located in Ukraine
Berestiany
Berestiany
Coordinates: 49°36′21″N 23°05′33″E / 49.60583°N 23.09250°E / 49.60583; 23.09250
CountryUkraine Ukraine
OblastLviv
RaionSambir
Area
7.315 km2 (2.824 sq mi)
Population
699
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)

Berestiany (Ukrainian: Берестяни, Polish: Brześciany) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. Volia-Berestiany belongs to Biskovychi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

The village was first mentioned in 1469. The local Orthodox church was mentioned in 1507. In the interwar period the village belonged to Poland. A Catholic parish was erected in 1920. Before World War 2 Berestiany had around 1,200 inhabitants, one third of them were Poles.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Бесковицкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 137. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.