Pidbuzh () 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. ...

Drohobych Raion Drohobych Raion () is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Drohobych. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Oblast was re ...

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 ...

in Ukraine. It is located in the

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, at the banks of the Bystrytsia Pysmenytska, a right tributary of the

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. It belongs to

Skhidnytsia settlement hromada Skhidnytsia settlement territorial hromada () is one of the hromadas of Ukraine, located in Drohobych Raion within the country's western Lviv Oblast. Its administrative centre is the urban-type settlement of Skhidnytsia Skhidnytsia (, ) is a ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population: Until 26 January 2024, Pidbuzh 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 Pidbuzh became a rural settlement.

Economy

Transportation

The settlement is connected by roads with

Drohobych Drohobych ( ; ; ) is a city in the south of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 1939–1941 and 1944–1959 it w ...

, as well as with

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 ...

where there is access to Highway H13 connecting

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 ...

with

Uzhhorod Uzhhorod (, ; , ; , ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality on the Uzh, Uzh River in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistan ...

. The closest railway stations are also in Drohobych and Sambir.

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{{authority control Rural settlements in Drohobych Raion