Berestyany

Berestyany
Берестяни
Village
Berestyany
Coordinates: UA 49°36′21″N 23°05′33″E / 49.60583°N 23.09250°E / 49.60583; 23.09250
Country Ukraine Ukraine
Oblast Lviv
Raion Sambir
Area 7.315 km2 (2.824 sq mi)
Population 699
 • Density 96/km2 (250/sq mi)

Berestyany (Ukrainian: Берестяни, Polish: Brześciany) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine.

The village was first mentioned in 1469. The local Orthodox church was mentioned in 1507. In the interwar period the village belonged to Poland. A Catholic parish was erected in 1920. Before World War 2 Berestyany had around 1,200 inhabitants, one third of them were Poles.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia. (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 137. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.


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