Biskovychi
Rural locality in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Village in Lviv, Ukraine
Biskovychi Бісковичі | |
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49°32′20″N 23°09′21″E / 49.53889°N 23.15583°E / 49.53889; 23.15583 | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Lviv |
Raion | Sambir |
Area | 11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi) |
Population | 2,413 |
• Density | 210/km2 (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.[1]
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.[2]
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