Velykyi Liubin

Velykyi Liubin
Великий Любінь
urban-type settlement
From Upper left: (1,2) St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church; (3) The wooden Greek Catholic Church of St. Nicholas, 1854; (4) Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St.Nicholas the Wonderworker.

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Velykyi Liubin
Velykyi Liubin
Coordinates: 49°43′26″N 23°44′01″E / 49.72389°N 23.73361°E / 49.72389; 23.73361Coordinates: 49°43′26″N 23°44′01″E / 49.72389°N 23.73361°E / 49.72389; 23.73361
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Lviv Oblast
District Horodok Raion
Established 13th century
Area
 • Total 33,45 km2 (1,292 sq mi)
Elevation/(average value of) 275 m (902 ft)
Population
 • Total 4,550
 • Density 1.4/km2 (3.5/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 81556; 81555
Area code +380 3231
Website Великий Любінь, райцентр Городок, облцентр Львів(Ukrainian)

Velykyi Liubin (Ukrainian: Вели́кий Лю́бінь) is an urban-type settlement located in Horodok Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. The settlement has a balneological and cardiological resort and sanatorium.
Local government is administered by Velykoliubinska town council.[1]

Geography

The settlement Velykyi Liubin is located along the Highway Ukraine () – Lviv – Sambir – Uzhhorod. Distance from the regional center Lviv is the 28 kilometres (17 mi), 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the district center Horodok and 284 kilometres (176 mi) from Uzhhorod.

History

Velykyi Liubin settlements the first have been mentioned in Ruthenian chronicles as the city Lyubynhorod, (Ukrainian: Любиньгород). The Army by Prince Danylo Romanovych has destroyed the settlement in 1241. At the beginning of the 15th century was inhabited the village Liubin.
Today this is an urban-type settlement. Area of the settlement totals is 33,45 km2 and the population is about 4550 people. [2]

Religious structures and attractions

In the settlement there are three religious communities. This religious community of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Religious Community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate and Religious Community of the Roman Catholic Church.
At today in the settlement is the wooden Greek Catholic Church,[3] St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (2000), Church of St.Nicholas the Wonderworker and Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa (1930–1932 years.)

References

  1. ↑ Velykoliubinska town council
  2. ↑ С.м.т. Великий Любінь: карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ Дерев'яні церкви Західної Укреїни/Великий Любінь, Церква Св. Миколи 1854 (in Ukrainian)

Literature

  • Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Городоцький район, Великий Любінь. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 227 (in Ukrainian)


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