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Rural locality in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine Village in Lviv, Ukraine
Biskovychi Бісковичі
Village
Coat of arms of BiskovychiCoat of arms
Biskovychi is located in UkraineBiskovychiBiskovychi
Coordinates: 49°32′20″N 23°09′21″E / 49.53889°N 23.15583°E / 49.53889; 23.15583
CountryUkraine Ukraine
OblastLviv
RaionSambir
Area11.54 km (4.46 sq mi)
Population2,413
 • Density210/km (540/sq mi)

Biskovychi (Ukrainian: Бісковичі, Polish: Biskowice) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. Biskovychi hosts the administration of Biskovychi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

The village was first mentioned in 1375. In the interwar period the village belonged to Poland and was inhabited by over 3000 people, mostly Poles.

References

  1. "Бесковицкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 125. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.


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