Berezhany Raion

Berezhanskyi Raion
Berezhanskyi Raion; Бережанський район
	Raion
Flag of Berezhanskyi Raion; Flag	Coat of arms of Berezhanskyi Raion; Coat of arms
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Country	Ukraine
Region	Ternopil Oblast
Admin. center	Berezhany
Subdivisions	List — city councils; — settlement councils; — rural councils; ; ; Number of localities:; — cities; — urban-type settlements; 56 — villages; — rural settlements;
Government
• Governor	Roman Konstiantynovych Vysotskyi
Area
• Total	661 km2 (255 sq mi)
Population
• Total	44,447
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Area code	380
Website	Verkhovna Rada website

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Village of Pidvysoke in Berezhany Raion, west Ukraine

Berezhany Raion (Ukrainian: Бережанський район) is a raion (district) in the westernmost corner of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, area traditionally known as Halychyna (Galicia). The administrative center is the city of Berezhany. Some 50 km away from Ternopil and ca 80 km away from Lviv. The river Zolota Lypa, Dniester tributary crosses the district from the north to the south. River forms a large lake north of Berezhany.

Population of the district is 44,447 inhabitants. Territory covers 661 km². Theare 56 villages and 1 town (Berezhany) in the district.

There are following villages in the district (Ukrainian and Polish / Russian spellings are given):

Villages are ranked after size

Narayiv (Нараїв / Narajów) - 1.799 inhabitants (river Narayivka flows through the village)
Shybalyn (Шибалин / Szybalyn) - 1.359 inhabitants (first mention dates to 1451)
Zhukiv (Жуків / Zuków) - 929 inhabitants
Rohachyn (Рогачин / Rogachin) - 886 inhabitants
Saranchuky (Саранчуки / Saranchuki) - 880 inhabitants
Verbiv (Вербів / Werbów) - 865 inhabitants
Kuryany (Куряни / Kuriany, Kurzany) - 831 inhabitants
Vilkhovets (Вільховець / Olchowiec) - 765 inhabitants
Bozhykiv (Божиків / Bozyków) - 670 inhabitants (village was known as Pryvitne in 1964-1991. First historical mention dates to 1443)
Urman (Урмань) - 622 inhabitants
Bishche (Біще / Biszcze) - 547 inhabitants (first historical mention dates to 1086)
Poruchyn (Поручин / Poruczin) - 503 inhabitants
Trostianets (Тростянець) - 428 inhabitants
Rybnyky (Рибники / Rybniki) - 323 inhabitants
Pidvysoke (Підвисоке / Podwysokie) - 317 inhabitants
Baranivka (Баранівка / Baranówka) - 250 inhabitants
Pavliv (Павлів / Pawlów) - 191 inhabitants (first mention dates to 1488)
Baznykivka (Базниківка/Baznikówka) - 116 inhabitants (first historical mention dates to 1731)