Zaliztsi ( uk, Залізці; pl, Załoźce; yi, זאַלעשיץ, Zaleshitz), previously known as Zalozhtsi ( uk, Заложці) until 1993, is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

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 ...

, western

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. It hosts the administration of

Zaliztsi settlement hromada Zaliztsi ( uk, Залізці; pl, Załoźce; yi, זאַלעשיץ, Zaleshitz), previously known as Zalozhtsi ( uk, Заложці) until 1993, is an urban-type settlement in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the admini ...

, 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:

History

Zaliztsi was first founded in 1483; the settlement was granted

Magdeburg rights Magdeburg rights (german: Magdeburger Recht; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within ...

in 1520, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1961. Until 18 July 2020, Zaliztsi belonged to

Zboriv Raion Zboriv Raion ( uk, Зборівський район) was a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was Zboriv. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced t ...

. 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 Zboriv Raion was merged into Ternopil Raion.

References

{{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Ternopil Raion Populated places established in the 1480s Historic Jewish communities in Ukraine