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Smotrych (urban type settlement)

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Country
  
Ukraine

Magdeburg rights
  
1448

Elevation
  
240 m (790 ft)

Area
  
5.02 km²

Local time
  
Friday 11:04 PM

District
  
Dunaivtsi Raion

Town status
  
1960

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Population
  
1,912 (2011)

Province
  
Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Weather
  
5°C, Wind N at 13 km/h, 83% Humidity

Smotrych (Ukrainian: Смотрич; Polish: Smotrycz) is an urban-type settlement in the Dunaivtsi Raion (district) of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. The town's population was 2,102 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census and 1,912 in 2011.

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Map of Smotrych, Khmelnytska, Ukraine

The settlement was first founded in the first half of the 15th century. It was granted the Magdeburg rights in 1448. In 1960, Smotrych was granted the status of an urban-type settlement. The town lies on the banks of the Smotrych River.

People from Smotrych

  • Meletius Smotrytsky (1577-1633), religious and pedagogical activist of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Ruthenian linguist
  • References

    Smotrych (urban-type settlement) Wikipedia