Briukhovychi (; ) is an
urban-type settlement in
Lviv Raion,
Lviv Oblast of
Ukraine. It belongs to
Lviv urban hromada
Lviv urban territorial hromada ( uk, Львівська міська територіальна громада, translit=Lvivska miska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada (municipality) in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast, in Lviv Raion. The hromada's ad ...
, 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.
Between 1939 and 1942, and again from 1944 to 1957, Briukhovychi was the center of Briukhovychi Raion. Its population was .
Location
Briukhovychi is located at the center of Lviv Oblast and is bordered on the south by the city of Lviv, in the northeast by the villages
Mali Hrybovychi
Mali Hrybovychi ( uk, Малі́ Грибо́вичі, pl, Grzybowice Małe) is a small village ( selo), which has only 414, persons and is located in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine. The village is located at a distance of from the v ...
and
Volia-Homuletska. To the west is the village of
Birky in
Yavoriv Raion.
Briukovychi is located at the intersection of the
Sian Lowland and the
Roztocze
Roztocze ( uk, Розточчя, ''Roztochia'') is a range of hills in east-central Poland and western Ukraine which rises from the Lublin Upland and extends southeastward through Solska Forest and across the border into Ukrainian Podolia. Low and ...
. The
European Watershed passes through the southwestern part of the village.
History
Between 1774 and 1918 it was part of
Austrian Galicia. After the end of
World War I Briukhovychi became part of Lwów Powiat in
Lwów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the
Soviet Union. It was given the status of an urban-type settlement in 1940.
Briukhovychi was occupied by German troops during
World War II from 1941 to 1944.
Until 18 July 2020, Briukhovychi belonged to
Lviv Municipality
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
. The municipality 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 Lviv Municipality was merged into the newly established Lviv Raion.
References
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Urban-type settlements in Lviv Raion