Bilychi (Ukrainian: Біличі, Polish: Bilicz) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Staryi Sambir urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

Bilychi
Біличі
Flag of Bilychi
Coat of arms of Bilychi
Bilychi is located in Lviv Oblast
Bilychi
Bilychi
Coordinates: 49°27′12″N 22°51′50″E / 49.45333°N 22.86389°E / 49.45333; 22.86389
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
DistrictSambir Raion
Elevation
/(average value of)
494 m (1,621 ft)
Population
 • Total
Decrease1,263
 • Density365.8/km2 (947/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
82080
Area code+ 380 3238

The village is divided between Bilychi North (by the Bilychi River) and Bilychi South, below the brook, heading towards Jabłonka.

During the Interwar period, when the settlement was part of the Lwów Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic.[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Bilychi belonged to Staryi Sambir 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 Staryi Sambir Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.[3][4]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Старосамборская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I - wynik wyszukiwania - DIR". dir.icm.edu.pl. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.