Dovzhky, Skole Raion

For another village in Ukraine named Dovzhky, see Dovzhky, Slavuta Raion
Dovzhky, Skole Raion
Довжки (Сколівський район)
village
Dovzhky, Skole Raion
Coordinates: UA 48°59′31″N 23°10′34″E / 48.99194°N 23.17611°E / 48.99194; 23.17611Coordinates: UA 48°59′31″N 23°10′34″E / 48.99194°N 23.17611°E / 48.99194; 23.17611
Country  Ukraine
Province  Lviv Oblast
District Skole Raion
Established 1556
Area
 • Total 2,63 km2 (102 sq mi)
Elevation/(average value of) 726 m (2,382 ft)
Population
 • Total 513
 • Density 2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 82623
Area code +380 3251
Website село Довжки, райцентр Сколе (Ukrainian)

Dovzhky (Ukrainian: До́вжки) (old name - Ukrainian: Малий Ільничок (to the XVI century), to year 1945 - Ukrainian: Дольське.) – a small Carpathian village (selo) in the Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of Western Ukraine.
The population of the village is about 513 people and Local government is administered by Dovzhkivska village council. [1]

Geography

The village is located on the slopes of the eponymous of the Mountain Ridge Dovzhky.

It is deep in the mountains at northwest of the Highway M06 (Ukraine) () at a distance 145 kilometres (90 mi) from the regional center of Lviv, 37 kilometres (23 mi) from the district center Skole and 150 kilometres (93 mi) from the city of Uzhhorod.

History and Attractions

The first written record of the village dates from 1556. [2] The first name of the village was Malyy Ilnychok, later - Dolske. Only after 1945 the village has been called Dovzhky.

In the village is an architectural monument of local importance of Skole Raion (Skole district).[3] It is a wooden Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple (1912) and wooden Belltower. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Довжківська сільська рада (Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ Село Довжки (Львівська обл.): карта вулиць (Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ Пам'ятки архітектури Сколівського району, с.Довжки, 2374-М (Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ Церква Введення в Храм Пресвятої Богородиці (с.Довжки, Львівська обл.): карта (Ukrainian)

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