Novoiavorivsk (, pl, Nowojaworowsk), alternatively
transliterated
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Novoyavorivsk, is a city in the
Yavoriv district,
Lviv
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region
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of
Ukraine
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. Novoiavorivsk hosts the administration of
Novoiavorivsk urban hromada
Novoiavorivsk (, pl, Nowojaworowsk), alternatively transliterated Novoyavorivsk, is a city in the Yavoriv district, Lviv region of Ukraine. Novoiavorivsk hosts the administration of Novoiavorivsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. I ...
, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Its population is .
The name of the town translates to "New
Yavoriv
Yavoriv ( uk, Яворів, ; pl, Jaworów; yi, יאַוואָראָוו , translit=Yavorov; german: Jaworiw) is a city in the Lviv region of western Ukraine which is around 15 kilometers from the Polish border. It is the administrative centre ...
".
History
The town is about 45 minute trip from the oblast's administrative centre
Lviv
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 Ukrain ...
. The town is located on a major road, which ends at the border of
Poland
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as the
E40 and continues to
Lviv
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 Ukrain ...
.
The town was founded in 1965 as a workers' settlement called ''Jantarne'' (). In 1969 it was renamed to ''Novoiavorivsk''.
In 1984, a town club was built here.
In 1985, a new well-maintained school for 1,568 students was built here. City since 1986.
the population was 24 320 people.
Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
/ref> The largest enterprise was a plant of reinforced concrete structures.[Новояворовское // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.42]
Novoiavorivsk's city center contains a large square with the town's "Palace of Culture" building and the town's church. The town also contains a football field.
In the town based Hockey Club Levy.
Novoiavorivsk is twinned with Leżajsk
Leżajsk (; yi, ליזשענסק-Lizhensk; uk, Лежа́йськ, Lezháysʹk), officially the Free Royal City of Leżajsk ( pl, Wolne Królewskie Miasto Leżajsk), is a town in southeastern Poland with 13,871 inhabitants. It has been situated ...
, Poland.
Transport
A railway station is located here, it is called Jantarne Train Station. It has one or two regional trains per day.
Notable people
* Andriy "Kuzma" Kuzmenko — lead singer of the band " Skryabin".
* Vasyl Pryima (b. 1991) — Ukrainian footballer.
Gallery
File:Bandera street in Novoiavorivsk.jpg, Stepana Bandery street (2008) - main street in Novoiavorivsk
File:Новояворівська міська рада.jpg, City Council (2016)
File:Церква Св.Юрія 130506 2171.jpg, Saint George church
File:Церква Петра і Павла. Новояворівськ 2.jpg, St. Peter and Paul Church (2009)
File:Льодова арена.jpg, Ice hockey venues (2016)
Sport
The town is home to ice hockey club HC Levy.
References
External links
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Cities in Lviv Oblast
Populated places established in 1965
Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Cities of district significance in Ukraine