Country Ukraine District Skole Raion Elevation/(average value of) 777 m (2,549 ft) Area 176 ha | Province Lviv Oblast Established 1515 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Saturday 10:37 PM | |
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Zhupany (Ukrainian: Жупани́ or Жупа́нє) is a village (selo) in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, of western Ukraine. It is located in the Skolivskyi district (Skole Raion) in the Ukrainian Carpathians within of the Eastern Beskids on the border of the Zakarpattia Oblast. The village has around 1277 inhabitants. Local government is administered by Zhupanivska village council.
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Map of Zhupany, Lvivska, Ukraine
Geography
The village is located along the upper reaches of the Stryi River in between mountains, close to Verecke Pass.
It is situated in the distance 153 kilometres (95 mi) from the regional center of Lviv, 44 kilometres (27 mi) from the district center Skole, and 115 kilometres (71 mi) from Uzhhorod.
History and attractions
The first written mention of Zhupany dates back to the year 1515.
Village Zhupany was in 1867 visited by Ivan Franko and Osyp Makovei.
The village has an architectural monument of local importance of Skole Raion (Skole district), a wooden St. Michael the Archangel Church built in 1927 (2913-M).