Bilychi (, ) is a village ( selo) in

Sambir Raion Sambir Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is Sambir. Population: It was established in 1965. On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the numb ...

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is History Name The region is named ...

, of

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. It belongs to

Staryi Sambir urban hromada Staryi Sambir urban hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Sambir Raion of Lviv Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Staryi Sambir. Settlements The hromada consists of 1 city (Staryi Sambir), 1 rural settlement (Stara Sil) and 24 vi ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. The village is divided between Bilychi North (by the Bilychi River) and Bilychi South, below the brook, heading towards Jabłonka. During the

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, when the settlement was part of the

Lwów Voivodeship Lwów Voivodeship () was an administrative unit of interwar Poland (1918–1939). Because of the Nazi invasion of Poland in accordance with the secret Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it became occupied by both the Wehrmacht and the Red Army in Septem ...

of the

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. Until 18 July 2020, Bilychi belonged to

Staryi Sambir Raion Staryi Sambir Raion () was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Staryi Sambir. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the nu ...

. 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 Staryi Sambir Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.

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Villages in Sambir Raion {{Lviv-geo-stub