Bilohiria

For the city in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, see Bilohirsk.
Bilohiria
Білогір'я
Rural settlement
View of Bilohiria with the Dominican Cathedral in the background (ca. 17th century).
View of Bilohiria with the Dominican Cathedral in the background (ca. 17th century).
Coat of arms of Bilohiria
Coat of arms
Bilohiria is located in Ukraine
Bilohiria
Bilohiria
Location of Bilohiria
Bilohiria is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Bilohiria
Bilohiria
Bilohiria (Khmelnytskyi Oblast)
Coordinates: 50°00′18″N 26°24′57″E / 50.00500°N 26.41583°E / 50.00500; 26.41583
Country Ukraine
OblastKhmelnytskyi Oblast
RaionShepetivka Raion
HromadaBilohiria settlement hromada
Founded1441
Town status1960
Area
 • Total8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
236 m (774 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 5,089
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
30200
Area code+380 3841
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Bilohiria (Ukrainian: Білогір'я); formerly known as Liakhivtsi) is a Rural settlement in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine.[2][3] It hosts the administration of Bilohiria settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[4] The settlement's population was 5,592 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census and 5,089 (2022 estimate).[5] Nearby urban localities include Yampil (formerly Yampol or Iampol), Kremenets, and Kornytsya.

The town is located on the banks of the Horyn River, a tributary of the Pripyat.[6] The town of Bilohiria also administers the Bilohiria Settlement Council (Ukrainian: Білогірська селищна рада), whose jurisdiction also covers the villages of Karasykha and Trostianka.[6]

  1. ^ "Bilohiria (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Bilohiria Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Bilohiria, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Bilohiria Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Lechowitz Descendants".
  4. ^ "Белогорская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Bilohiria in time and space". bilogiryanvk.ucoz.ru/ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 May 2013.