Vyshnia (), (the former name – ''Benkova Vyshnia'' () – is a selo (village) in

Sambir Raion Sambir Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is Sambir. Population: It was established in 1965. On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the numb ...

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(

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) of western

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. It belongs to Rudky urban hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. The population of the village is about 1819 people, and local government is administered by Vyshnianska village council.

Geography

The village Vyshnia is located at a distance of from the Highway Ukraine () –

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Sambir Sambir (, ; ; ) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the Capital city, administrative center of Sambir Raion (Raion, district) and is located close to the border with Poland. Sambir hosts the administration of Sambir urba ...

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. Area of the village totals is 4,29 km² and is located along the Vyshnia River (a right tributary of the

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) on the altitude of above sea level.
A distance from Vyshnia to Horodok is , to the regional center of

is and to

Rudky Rudky (, ; ) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Rudky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was 4,942 at the 2001 Ukrainian census. Current population: Geography Rudky is lo ...

History and Attractions

The first written record of the village dates from 1438. In the 18th century these lands belonged to the family Urbanski. Fredro family had settled in the village Bieńkowa Wisznia in 1797.
In the village is an architectural monument of local importance of

Horodok Raion, Lviv Oblast Horodok Raion () was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Horodok. The area of the district was . It bordered with Yavoriv, Pustomyty, Mykolaiv, Drohobych, Sambir, and Mostyska raions. ...

. It is a wooden Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian (1805). Until 18 July 2020, Vyshnia 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 Lviv Raion () is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished raions, Horodok, Peremyshliany, ...

, however, Vyshnia was transferred to Sambir Raion.

Famous people

Aleksander Fredro Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and Polish authors, author active during Romanticism in Poland, Polish Romanticism in the Partitions of Poland, period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works ...

lived on the family estate in the Benkova Vyshnia.Aleksander Fredro Biography
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References

External links

* ttp://weather.in.ua/en/l'vovskaja/3829 weather.in.ua/ Vyshnia

Literature

* ''Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Городоцький район, Вишня.'' – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 257 Villages in Sambir Raion {{Lviv-geo-stub