Medzhybizh

Medzhybizh
Меджибіж
Międzybóż • Меджибож
Medzhybizh Castle today
Coat of arms of Medzhybizh
Medzhybizh is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Medzhybizh
Medzhybizh
Location of Medzhybizh
Medzhybizh is located in Ukraine
Medzhybizh
Medzhybizh
Medzhybizh (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°26′0″N 27°25′0″E / 49.43333°N 27.41667°E / 49.43333; 27.41667
Country Ukraine
OblastKhmelnytskyi Oblast
RaionKhmelnytskyi Raion
HromadaMedzhybizh settlement hromada
First mentioned1146
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
1,731
 • Density2.38/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
Postal code
31530
Area code+380 3857

Medzhybizh (Ukrainian: Меджибіж; Polish: Międzybóż; German: Medschybisch; Yiddish: מעזשביזש, romanizedMezhbizh), formerly Mezhybozhe, is a rural settlement in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in Khmelnytskyi Raion, 25 kilometres from Khmelnytskyi on the main highway between Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia at the confluence of the Southern Buh and Buzhok rivers. Medzhybizh was once a prominent town in the former Podolia Province. Its name is derived from "mezhbuzhye", which means "between the Buzhenka (and the Buh) Rivers". It is known as the birthplace of the Jewish Hasidic mystical religious movement. Medzhybizh hosts the administration of Medzhybizh settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Current population: 1,237 (2022 estimate);[2] 1,731, (2001 census).

  1. ^ "Меджибожская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ 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.