Khyriv
Khyriv
Хи́рів Chyrów | |
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Ukrainian: Хирівська) | |
Website | hyrivska-gromada |
Khyriv (Ukrainian: Хи́рів, Polish: Chyrów) is a small city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine with a population of around 4,104 (2022 estimate).[1] It hosts the administration of Khyriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2]
It became known principally for the celebrated eponymous Jesuit secondary boys school founded there in 1886. The institution, which produced 6,000 alumni during its existence, ceased all activity when the then Polish town fell to Soviet forces in 1939.[3]
Khyriv was first mentioned in documents from 1374. At that time it was the private property of the
For over 400 years Chyrów belonged to
During the
Until 18 July 2020, Khyriv belonged to Staryi Sambir 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 Staryi Sambir Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.[5][6]
Gallery
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The former Jesuit College in Khyriv before severe fire damage in 2018
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Town hall (2017)
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Train station
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Church of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God
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Church of St. Lawrence (2017)
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Хиривская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ ISBN 978-83-7614-414-6.
- ^ "Chyrów | Virtual Shtetl".
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.