Bilshivtsi

Bilshivtsi (Ukrainian: Більшівці; German: Bolschowitz; Polish: Bolszowce) is an Urban-type settlement in Halych Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Between 1940 and 1963 it was the center of the raion. Its population was 1,926 (2020 est.)[1].

Bilshivtsi Більшівці Bolszowce
Urban type settlement
Coat of arms
Bilshivtsi
Coordinates: 49°11′8″N 24°44′47″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Raion	Halych Raion
Government
• Head of Village Council	V.P. Sanotsky
Area
• Total	12.83 km^2 (4.95 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,926
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
Area code(s)	(+380) 3431

Location

Bilshivtsi is located at the confluence of the Narayivka River and the Hnyla Lypa River, a tributary of the Dniester. It is 3 kilometers to the east of the Lviv–Ivano-Frankivsk road and 8 kilometers north of the Halych train station.

History

Between 1772 and 1918 it was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I Bilshivtsi became part of Rohatyn Powiat in Stanisławów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union.

Bilshivtsi was occupied by German troops during World War II from 1941 to 1944. In 1943, more than 1,000 local Jewish residents were shot by German troops.[2]

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
2. "Bolshowtsy, Ukraine (Martyr List No. 851-1106)". www.jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2016-07-19.