Berestyany
Berestyany Берестяни | |
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Village | |
Berestyany | |
Coordinates: UA 49°36′21″N 23°05′33″E / 49.60583°N 23.09250°E | |
Country | 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]
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