Nyzhankovychi (, ) is a

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

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 ...

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. It is located on the left bank of the Wiar, a right tributary of the San in the drainage basin of the

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, directly at the border with Poland. Nyzhankovychi belongs to

Dobromyl urban hromada Dobromyl urban hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Sambir Raion of Lviv Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Dobromyl. Settlements The hromada consists of 1 city (Dobromyl), 1 rural settlement (Nyzhankovychi) and 35 villages: ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population:

History

Until 18 July 2020, Nyzhankovychi 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. Until 26 January 2024, Nyzhankovychi was designated

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Nyzhankovychi became a rural settlement.

Economy

Transportation

Nyzhankovychi railway station is on the railway connecting

Khyriv Khyriv (, ; ) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine with a population of around It hosts the administration of Khyriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It became known principally for the celebrated eponymous ...

and

Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...

, this is the last station in Ukraine. There is infrequent passenger traffic in the direction of Khyriv; there is no passenger traffic to Poland. Until 1994, the stretch between Nyzhankovychi and Khtriv had a

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, which, in principle, allowed the trains to cross into Poland. After the 1994 reconstruction, only the Ukrainian gauge (1520 mm) remains. The settlement has road access to Khyriv and from there further to

Sambir Sambir (, ; ; ) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the Capital city, administrative center of Sambir Raion (Raion, district) and is located close to the border with Poland. Sambir hosts the administration of Sambir urba ...

and

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

. The roads do not cross to Poland around Nyzhankovychi.

Gallery

File:16.Нижанковичі (12).jpg, Wooden church of the Holy Trinity File:Nyzhankovychi (19).jpg, View on the town File:Nyzhankovychi, Ukraine (Train station)-3.JPG, Train station File:Nyzankovychi-2.JPG, Abandoned palace

References

{{authority control Rural settlements in Sambir Raion