Malekhiv (Ukrainian: Малехів) is a village in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast located at a distance of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the city of Lviv. It is at a distance 29 kilometres (18 mi) from the raion’s seat, Zhovkva, and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Velyki Hrybovychi. Malekhiv belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

Malekhiv
Малехів
Malechów
Malekhiv is located in Ukraine
Malekhiv
Malekhiv
Malekhiv is located in Lviv Oblast
Malekhiv
Malekhiv
Coordinates: 49°52′54″N 24°14′31″E / 49.88167°N 24.24194°E / 49.88167; 24.24194
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
DistrictLviv Raion
Established1377
Area
 • Total579 km2 (224 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
268 m (879 ft)
Population
 • Total3 000
 • Density403,450/km2 (1,044,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
80383
Area code+380 322
Websiteсело Малехів (Ukrainian)

Elevation footnotes (average value of) is 268 metres (880 ft).[2] Local government — Malekhivska village council.[3]

Through the village passes Highway M06 (Ukraine) ( M 06).

History edit

The first mention of the village of Malekhiv in historical documents refers to 1377.[4] But Ancient people have lived in territory of village Malekhiv in the first century AD.

History of the name — Malechow (Lemberg Umgebung), Galicia, Austria; later Malechów (Lwów), Lwów, Poland; now Malekhiv, Zhovkva, L′viv, Ukraine.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Malekhiv belonged to Zhovkva Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Zhovkva Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.[6][7]

Religious communities edit

In the village there are three religious communities. This religious community of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church and Religious Communities Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Church.

There has church Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos, which belongs to the Greek Catholic community (the temple was built in 1892), and Catholic church of St. Archangel Michael (was built in 70 years of the 18th century).

References edit

  1. ^ "Львовская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Google Earth
  3. ^ Malekhivska village council Archived 2014-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Malekhiv village: street map, description Archived 2014-11-02 at archive.today
  5. ^ LDS microfilm list of villages in Zhovkva (aka Nesterov) raion in L'viv oblast
  6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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