Kopychyntsi

Kopychyntsi
Копичинці
Kopyczyńce • קאפיטשיניץ
Church of Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Church of Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Coat of arms of Kopychyntsi
Kopychyntsi is located in Ternopil Oblast
Kopychyntsi
Kopychyntsi
Map of Ukraine with Kopychyntsi highlighted.
Kopychyntsi is located in Ukraine
Kopychyntsi
Kopychyntsi
Kopychyntsi (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°06′29″N 25°54′46″E / 49.10806°N 25.91278°E / 49.10806; 25.91278
Country Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
HromadaKopychyntsi urban hromada
First mention1443
Magdeburg Rights1564
Government
 • City MayorBogdan Kelichavyi
Population
 (2023)
 • Total7,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48260
Area code+380 3557
Websitehttps://kopychyntsi.com.ua

Kopychyntsi (Ukrainian: Копичинці, IPA: [koˈpɪtʃɪntsi]; Polish: Kopyczyńce; Yiddish: קאפיטשיניץ, romanizedKoptchintz) is a small city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kopychyntsi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Kopychyntsi is the birthplace of Vasyl Ivanchuk, a chess grandmaster; Israel Jacob Kligler, who led the effort of eradicating malaria in Mandatory Palestine; and Pinhas Lavon, an Israeli politician. The population of the town is 7000. The population of Kopychyntsi municipality is 13 965.

  1. ^ "Копичинецька громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.