Country Ukraine Raion Nadvirna Raion Area 27.89 km² Local time Sunday 8:22 AM | Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Area code(s) (+380) 3475 Population 7,943 (2016) | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 99% Humidity | ||
Lanchyn (Ukrainian: Ланчин; Polish: Łanczyn) is an Urban-type settlement in Nadvirna Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Its population was 7,943 (2016 est.).
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Map of Lanchyn, Ivano-Frankivska, Ukraine
Location
Lanchyn is located on the Prut about 42 kilometers south of Ivano-Frankivsk and 16 kilometers southeast of Nadvirna.
History
Between 1772 and 1918 it was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I Lanchyn became part of Nadvirna Powiat in Stanisławów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union. In 1940 it became an urban-type settlement.
Lanchyn was occupied by German troops during World War II from 1941 to 1944, part of the District of Galicia.
Postwar, Lanchyn was briefly the center of the raion.
Notable people
References
Lanchyn Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA