Biskovychi

Biskovychi

Бісковичі
Biskovychi Бісковичі
Village
	Coat of arms
	Biskovychi
	Coordinates: 49°32′20″N 23°09′21″E
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]

References

"Бесковицкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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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[admreform_2020_biskovychi-1] "Бесковицкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

[rewasz-2] Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 125. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.