Kuriany ( uk, Куряни; pl, Kurzany) is a village of 831 people in
Ternopil Raion (district) of
Ternopil Oblast (province) in western
Ukraine. Kuriany is situated on both sides of the Narayivka River, in a valley surrounded by hills covered with thick forests on both sides. The main
Ternopil-
Stryi
Stryi ( uk, Стрий, ; pl, Stryj) is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine 65 km to the south of Lviv (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains). It serves as the administrative cen ...
highway runs through town. Kuriany belongs to
Naraiv rural hromada
Naraiv rural territorial hromada ( uk, Нараївська територіальна громада, translit=Naraivska silska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada in Ukraine, in Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast. The administrative center is the ...
, 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, Kuriany belonged to
Berezhany Raion. The raion was abolished in 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.
Its name comes from the word "kuryty" (= to smoke) or "kury" (hens). There are large deposits of sand near the village, providing some
sand mining industry. The distance to
Berezhany is 13 km eastward. The closest villages are Pavliv, Volytsya (Vulka) and
Rohachyn
Rohachyn (''Ukrainian'': Рогачин, ''Polish'' Rohaczyn, ''Russian'' Rogachin) is a village (of 886 people) in Ternopil Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine (the historic region of Eastern Galicia). It belon ...
to the east and Demnya and
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 ...
to the west. The village has an old Greek-Catholic Church of
St. Paraskeva, a supermarket, a
Taras Shevchenko monument, and 11-year secondary school.
Demographics
* Population in 1900: 1416 inhabitants (111 Jews)
* Population in 1939: 1880 inhabitants (30 Jews)
* Population in 2001: 831 inhabitants, including 204 houses.
References
Naraiv rural hromada
Villages in Ternopil Raion
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