Briukhovychi (; ) is a rural settlement in

Lviv Raion Lviv Raion () is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished raions, Horodok, Peremyshliany, ...

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. It belongs to

Lviv urban hromada Lviv urban territorial hromada () is a hromada (municipality) in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast, in Lviv Raion. The hromada's administrative centre is the city of Lviv. The area of the hromada is , and the population is Until 18 July 2020, the hrom ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Between 1939 and 1942, and again from 1944 to 1957, Briukhovychi was the center of Briukhovychi Raion. Its population was

Location

Briukhovychi is located at the center of Lviv Oblast and is bordered on the south by the city of Lviv, in the northeast by the villages Mali Hrybovychi and Volia-Homuletska. To the west is the village of Birky in

Yavoriv Raion Yavoriv Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Yavoriv. It was established in 1939. Its estimated population is On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number ...

. Briukovychi is located at the intersection of the Sian Lowland and the

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. The European Watershed passes through the southwestern part of the village.

History

Between 1774 and 1918 it was part of

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. After the end of

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Briukhovychi became part of Lwów Powiat in

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, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the

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. It was given the status of an

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in 1940. Briukhovychi was occupied by German troops during

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from 1941 to 1944. Until 18 July 2020, Briukhovychi belonged to Lviv Municipality. The municipality 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 Lviv Municipality was merged into the newly established Lviv Raion. On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Briukhovychi became a rural settlement.

References

{{Authority control Rural settlements in Lviv Raion