Kostychany ( uk, Костичани, ro, Costiceni) is a commune in
Chernivtsi Raion,
Chernivtsi Oblast (
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 ...
) of western
Ukraine
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. The commune is composed of three villages: Dumeny (Думени; Dumeni), Kostychany and Novoivankivtsi (Новоіванківці; Vancicăuții Mici). It belongs to
Vanchykivtsi rural hromada, one of the
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 of Ukraine.
Until 18 July 2020, Kostychany belonged to
Novoselytsia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Novoselytsia Raion was split between Chernivtsi and
Dnistrovskyi Raion
Dnistrovskyi Raion ( uk, Дністровський район) is a raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the urban-typ ...
s, with Kostychany being transferred to Chernivtsi Raion.
Kostychany village is first officially attested in a document dated 1619.
Notable people
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Ion Vatamanu
Ion Vatamanu (1 May 1937 in Costiceni – 9 August 1993 in Chișinău) was a writer and politician from Moldova. He was born to Maria and Ion and had a PhD in chemistry. Ion Vatamanu served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1990–1994 ...
References
External links
Kostychany Panoramio
Villages in Chernivtsi Raion
Populated places on the Prut
Khotinsky Uyezd
Shtetls
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