Velykyi Liubin ( uk, Вели́кий Лю́бінь; pl, Lubień Wielki) is an
urban-type settlement in
Lviv Raion,
Lviv Oblast, western
Ukraine. The settlement has a
balneological and cardiological resort and
sanatorium. It hosts the administration of
Velykyi Liubin 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.
Local government is administered by Velykoliubinska town council. Population:
Geography
The settlement Velykyi Liubin is located along the Highway Ukraine () –
Lviv –
Sambir
Sambir ( uk, Самбір, pl, Sambor, yi, סאמבאָר, Sambor) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sambir Raion (district) and is located close to the border with Poland. Sambir hosts t ...
–
Uzhhorod. Distance from the regional center
Lviv is the , from the district center
Horodok and from
Uzhhorod.
History
Today this is an urban-type settlement. Area of the settlement totals is 33.45 km
2 and the population is about 4550 people.
Until 18 July 2020, Velykyi Liubin belonged to
Horodok 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 Horodok Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.
Religious structures and attractions
In the settlement there are three religious communities. This religious community of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Religious Community of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate and Religious Community of the
Roman Catholic Church.
At today in the settlement is the wooden Greek Catholic Church,
Дерев'яні церкви Західної Укреїни/Великий Любінь, Церква Св. Миколи 1854
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (2000), Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa (1930–1932).
References
External links
З історії Любеня Великого
weather.in.ua/ Velykyi Liubin'
Literature
* ''Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Городоцький район, Великий Любінь.'' – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 227
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Villages in Lviv Raion