Luzhany

Luzhany
Лужани
Urban-type settlement
Luzhany Voznesenska church
Luzhany
Location of Luzhany in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°21′47″N 25°45′43″E / 48.36306°N 25.76194°E / 48.36306; 25.76194Coordinates: 48°21′47″N 25°45′43″E / 48.36306°N 25.76194°E / 48.36306; 25.76194
Country  Ukraine
Province  Chernivtsi Oblast
District Kitsman Raion
Founded 1452
Town status 1968
Government
 • Town Head Nataliya Katriuk
Elevation[1] 179 m (587 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 4,744
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 59342
Area code +380 3736
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Luzhany (Ukrainian: Лужани, Romanian: Lujeni, Yiddish: לוזשאן‎) is an urban-type settlement in Kitsman Raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.

Description

The settlement lies on the banks of the Prut River, about 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of the regional capital Chernivtsi. As of the 2001 census, the town's population is 4,744.[2] Current population: 4,894 (2015 est.)[3]

First mentioned in a 1452 deed, Luzhany belonged to the Danubian Principality of Moldavia until 1774/75, when upon the Russo-Turkish War its northwestern parts (the Bukovina) were ceded to the Habsburg Monarchy. Incorporated into the Austrian Duchy of Bukovina from 1849, the area fell to Greater Romania after World War I. In 1940, the Romanian state agreed to cede Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union, as provided for by the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Luzhany became part of independent Ukraine in 1991.

People from Luzhany

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Luzhany (Chernivtsi Oblast, Kitsman Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Luzhany, Chernivtsi Oblast, Kitsman Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Shelepnytskyi, Yuriy". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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