Berezhany Raion ( uk, Бережанський район) was a

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

(

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

) in the westernmost corner of

Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...

(

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

) in western

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, area traditionally known as

Halychyna Galicia ()"Galicia"
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Berezhany Berezhany ( uk, Бережани, ; pl, Brzeżany; yi, ברעזשאַן, Brezhan; he, בּז'יז'אני/בּז'ז'ני ''Bzhezhani''/''Bzhizhani'') is a city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It lies about fr ...

, some 50 km away from

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

and ca 80 km away from

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

. Berezhany was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The

Zolota Lypa Zolota Lypa ( uk, Золота Липа, pl, Złota Lipa) is a river in Western Ukraine. It flows through the Ternopil and Chortkiv Raions, forming the Berezhany Lake north of the city of Berezhany. It is a left tributary of Dniester, belonging ...

river, a tributary of the

Dniester The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...

tributary crossed the district from the north to the south. The river forms a large lake north of

. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Berezhany Raion was merged into

Ternopil Raion Ternopil Raion ( uk, Тернопільський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the n ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was . The area of the raion was 661 km². There were 54 villages and 1 town (

) in the raion. At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s: *

Berezhany urban hromada Berezhany urban hromada ( uk, Бережанська міська об'єднана територіальна громада), also known as Berezhany Hromada ( uk, Бережанська громада, Romanization of Ukrainian, translit. ''Bere ...

with the administration in Berezhany, also included Berezhany Municipality; * Naraiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Naraiv; * Saranchuky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Saranchuky.

Villages

There were the following villages in the raion (Ukrainian and Polish / Russian spellings are given): ''Villages are ranked after size'' * Naraiv (Нараїв / Narajów) - 1.799 inhabitants (river Narayivka flows through the village) * Shybalyn (Шибалин / Szybalyn) - 1.359 inhabitants (first mention dates to 1451) * Zhukiv (Жуків / Zuków) - 929 inhabitants * Rohachyn (Рогачин / Rogachin) - 886 inhabitants * Saranchuky (Саранчуки / Saranchuki) - 880 inhabitants * Verbiv (Вербів / Werbów) - 865 inhabitants * Kuryany (Куряни / Kuriany, Kurzany) - 831 inhabitants * Vilkhovets (Вільховець / Olchowiec) - 765 inhabitants * Bozhykiv (Божиків / Bozyków) - 670 inhabitants (village was known as Pryvitne in 1964–1991. First historical mention dates to 1443) * Urman (Урмань) - 622 inhabitants * Bishche (Біще / Biszcze) - 547 inhabitants (first historical mention dates to 1086) * Poruchyn (Поручин / Poruczin) - 503 inhabitants * Trostianets (Тростянець) - 428 inhabitants * Rybnyky (Рибники / Rybniki) - 323 inhabitants *

Pidvysoke Pidvysoke ( uk, Підвисоке) may refer to the following places in Ukraine: * Pidvysoke, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, a village in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast * Pidvysoke, Borova settlement hromada, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, a villag ...

(Підвисоке / Podwysokie) - 317 inhabitants * Baranivka (Баранівка / Baranówka) - 250 inhabitants * Pavliv (Павлів / Pawlów) - 191 inhabitants (first mention dates to 1488) * Baznykivka (Базниківка/Baznikówka) - 116 inhabitants (first historical mention dates to 1731)

References

External links

Verkhovna Rada website
— Berezhany Raion

{{Authority control Former raions of Ternopil Oblast 1939 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform

Villages

See also

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