Bytkiv (Ukrainian: Битків; Polish: Bitków) is a rural settlement in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Pasichna rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population was 4,310 (2022 estimate).[2]

Bytkiv
Битків
Bitków
Coat of arms of Bytkiv
Bytkiv is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Bytkiv
Bytkiv
Bytkiv is located in Ukraine
Bytkiv
Bytkiv
Coordinates: 48°37′28″N 24°29′9″E / 48.62444°N 24.48583°E / 48.62444; 24.48583
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
RaionNadvirna Raion
Government
 • Head of Village CouncilVasyl Yosypovych Vintonyak
Area
 • Total31.71 km2 (12.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total4,310
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Area code(+380) 3475

Location

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Bytkiv is located 12 kilometers west of Nadvirna between Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska and Bystrytsia Solotvynska Rivers in the northeastern part of the Gorgany mountain range.[3]

History

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Between 1772 and 1918 it was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I Bytkiv became part of Nadvirna Powiat in Stanisławów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union. In 1940 it became an urban-type settlement.

Bitkiv was occupied by German troops during World War II from 1941 to 1944, part of the District of Galicia.

Since 2015, the head of the village council has been Vasyl Yosypovych Vintonyak.[4]

Until 26 January 2024, Bytkiv was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Bytkiv became a rural settlement.[5]

Economy

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Oil and gas deposits are located in the area of Bytkiv. Since the end of the 19th century, oil has been produced in the settlement, with production peaking in 1925. During the 1920s and the 1930s, Bytkiv was the largest Galician oil producer after Boryslav.[3]

Education

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Bytkiv has one school serving all education levels and two 1st level schools.[4]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Пасичнянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Bytkiv". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "смт. Битків" [Urban-type settlement Bytkiv] (in Ukrainian). Nadvirna Raion Administration. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.