Founded 1441 Elevation 236 m (774 ft) Area 8.6 km² Local time Thursday 3:22 AM | Town status 1960 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 5,484 (2012) | |
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Family home in bilohiria khmelnytsk region
Bilohiria (Ukrainian: Білогір'я, translit. Bilohir'ia) is an urban-type settlement in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of the Bilohiria Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. The town's population was 5,592 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census and 5,484 in 2012.
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Map of Bilohir'ya, Khmelnytska, Ukraine
The town is located on the banks of the Horyn River, a tributary of the Prypyat. The town of Bilohiria also administers the Bilohiria Settlement Council (Ukrainian: Білогірська селищна рада), whose jurisdiction also covers the villages of Karasykha and Trostianka.
History
The settlement of Liakhivtsi (Ukrainian: Ляхівці; Polish: Lachowce) was founded in 1441 on Bilohiria's modern-day territory. The settlement received the Magdeburg rights in 1583.
In 1885, Liakhivtsi was the administrative center of the Liakhivtsi volost of the Ostroh povit. During that time, the settlement's population consisted of 2,368.
The Russian Empire Census of 1897 reported the town's population as 5,401. At that time, 3,890 of the inhabitants belonged to the Eastern Orthodox faith, while 1,384 were of the Jewish faith.
The town was known by the name of Liakhivtsi until it was changed to Bilohiria in 1949 when its status was upgraded to that of a rural settlement. In 1960, Bilohiria received the status of an urban-type settlement.