Verkhnie Vysotske

Verkhnie Vysotske

Верхнє Висоцьке
Verkhnie Vysotske Верхнє Висоцьке
Village
	Coat of arms
	Verkhnie Vysotske
	Coordinates: 48°57′07″N 23°04′16″E / 48.95194°N 23.07111°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv
Raion	Sambir
Area	4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation	651 m (2,136 ft)
Population	2,118
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	82554
Area code	+380 3269

Verkhnie Vysotske (Ukrainian: Верхнє Висоцьке, Polish: Wysocko Wyżne) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine, situated in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathian Mountains. It belongs to Borynia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1]

The village was established in the second half of the 15th century.^[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Verkhnie Vysotske belonged to Turka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Turka Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.^[3]^[4]

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Nicholas Church donated by Basil, 1st Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz

People from Verkhnie Vysotske

Wiktor Wysoczański, Bishop of the Polish Catholic Church
Basil, 1st Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz, wholesale merchant, landowner, town property owner and philanthropist in Odesa

References

^ "Боринская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 436. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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[admreform_2020_borynia-1] "Боринская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

[rewasz-2] Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 436. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.

[3] "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

[4] "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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v t e Turka Raion
Administrative center: Turka, Ukraine
Cities	Turka	Coat of arms of Turka Raion
Villages	Bahnuvate Beniova Berezhok Bitlia Boberka Bukovynka Dnistryk-Dubovyi Haschiv Holovske Ilnyk Isai Ivashkivtsi Karpatske Kindrativ Komarnyky Korytysche Krasne Kryntyata Kryvka Lastivka Liktiv Limna Lopushanka Losynets Lybohora Mala Volosyanka Matkiv Melnychne Mezhyhir'ya Mohnate Nyzhnye Nyzhnye Husne Nyzhniy Turiv Nyzhnye Vysotske Nyzhnya Yablunka Pryslip Radych Ropavske Rozluch Rykiv Stodilka Shandrovets Shtukovets Shum'yach Sianky Svydnyk Syhlovate Verkhne Verkhne Vysotske Verkhne Husne Verkhnia Yablunka Verkhniy Turiv Vovche Yabluniv Yasenytsya Yasenka-Stetsova Yavora Yavoriv Zakychera Zakiptsi Zarichchya Zavadivka Zhukotyn Zvorets Zubrytsya	Coat of arms of Turka Raion

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