Bishche

Bishche
Біще
Coordinates: 49°33′01″N 24°54′19″E / 49.55028°N 24.90528°E / 49.55028; 24.90528Coordinates: 49°33′01″N 24°54′19″E / 49.55028°N 24.90528°E / 49.55028; 24.90528
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Ternopil Oblast
Raion Berezhany Raion
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 47512
Area code(s) +380 3548
Church of the Assumption in Bishche

Bishche (Ukrainian: Біще, English: Bishche, Polish: Buszcze) - village in Berezhany Raion of Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. First historical records date Bishche as far as to 1339.

Population

  • Population in 1900: 869 inhabitants (66 Jews).
  • Population in 1939: 1059 inhabitants (40 Jews).
  • Population in 2003: 556 inhabitants with over 161 houses.
  • Population in 2014: 464.

Sources

  • (in Ukrainian) О. Клименко, В. Уніят, В. Файфура, Біще // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 140-141. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
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