Shchyrets ( uk, Щирець) is an
urban-type settlement in
Lviv Raion of
Lviv Oblast in
Ukraine. It is located on the
Shchyrka, in the drainage basin of the
Dniester. Shchyrets hosts the administration of
Shchyrets settlement 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.
Population:
Until 18 July 2020, Shchyrets belonged to
Pustomyty Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Pustomyty Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.
Second World War Polish Army commander Gen.
Stanisław Maczek
Lieutenant General Stanisław Maczek (; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the destructio ...
hailed from Shchyrets.
Economy
Transportation
There are two railway stations in the settlement,
Shchyrets I and
Shchyrets II. They are both on the railway connecting
Lviv and
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 ...
.
Shchyrets is embedded into the dense road network south of Lviv. In particular, it has access to
Highway M06 which connects Lviv and
Uzhhorod.
References
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Urban-type settlements in Lviv Raion