Variazh

Variazh
Варяж
St. Mark's Church
Coat of arms of Variazh
Variazh is located in Lviv Oblast
Variazh
Variazh
Location of Variazh in Ukraine
Variazh is located in Ukraine
Variazh
Variazh
Variazh (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°31′01″N 24°05′33″E / 50.51694°N 24.09250°E / 50.51694; 24.09250
Country Ukraine
OblastLviv Oblast
RaionSheptytskyi Raion
HromadaSokal urban hromada
First mentioned1419
Magdeburg rights1538
Government
 • Village HeadYuriy Horodko (NRU)
Area
 • Total2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Elevation202 m (663 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total888
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
80014
Area code+380 3257
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Variazh (Ukrainian: Варяж; Polish: Waręż) is a village (former town) in Sheptytskyi Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 888 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] The village is located close to the border with Poland, near the Polish village of Uśmierz. It belongs to Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3]

  1. ^ "Variazh (Lviv Oblast, Sokal Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Variazh, Lviv Oblast, Sokal Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Сокальская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.