Country Ukraine Raion Sambir Area 7.315 km² | Oblast Lviv Population 699 Local time Friday 4:36 PM | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 36% Humidity | ||
Berestyany (Ukrainian: Берестяни, Polish: Brześciany) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine.
Map of Berestyany, Lvivska, Ukraine
The village was first mentioned in 1469. The local Orthodox church was mentioned in 1507. In the interwar period the village belonged to Poland. A Catholic parish was erected in 1920. Before World War 2 Berestyany had around 1,200 inhabitants, one third of them were Poles.
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