Bila ( uk, Біла) is a village in
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 ...
,
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 ...
of
Western Ukraine
Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...
.
History
The existence of the village became known in the second half of the 16th century, in a document of the Polish magnate
Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (2 February 1526 – 13 or 23 February 1608, also known as ''Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozkyi'', uk, Костянтин-Василь Острозький, be, Канстантын Васіль Астрожскi, lt, Konst ...
, where the fields that at that time belonged to Tarnopol were registered. In 1884,
Oleksander Barvinsky
Oleksander Barvinsky ( uk, Олександр Барвiнський ) (June 8, 1847 – December 25, 1926) was an important western Ukrainian cultural figure and politician, a founder of the Christian Social Movement in Ukraine, Christian Socia ...
launched one of the main cultural centers in the area here. In 1912, the first Ternopil airfield was established in Bila, where some of the first flight demonstrations in present-day Ukraine were made. Until the creation of the current municipality in 2018, the town formed a rural council on its own.
Geography
Bila is located on the northern outskirts of the regional capital
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 ...
, at the exit of the city from the
P39 road leading to Brody. The village is separated from the capital by the Ternopil-Vantazhnyi railway station and the adjoining industrial estate.
Demographics
In 2007, 2,927 people lived in the village.
Languages
Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
References
{{Zboriv Raion
Villages in Ternopil Raion