Malekhiv

Malekhiv Малехів Malechów
village
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Coordinates: 49°52′54″N 24°14′31″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Lviv Oblast
District	Lviv Raion
Established	1377
Area
• Total	579 km^2 (224 sq mi)
Elevation /(average value of)	268 m (879 ft)
Population
• Total	3 000
• Density	403,450/km^2 (1,044,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	80383
Area code	+380 322
Website	село Малехів ^(Ukrainian)

Malekhiv (Ukrainian: Малехів) is a village in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the city of Lviv. It is 29 kilometres (18 mi) from the raion’s seat, Zhovkva, and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Velyki Hrybovychi. Malekhiv belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

Elevation footnotes (average value of) is 268 metres (880 ft).[2] Local government — Malekhivska village council.[3]

History

The first mention of the village of Malekhiv in historical documents refers to 1377.[4]

History of the name — Malechow (Lemberg Umgebung), Galicia, Austria; later Malechów (Lwów), Lwów, Poland; now Malekhiv, Zhovkva, L′viv, Ukraine.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Malekhiv belonged to Zhovkva 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 Zhovkva Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.[6][7]

References

1. "Львовская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. Google Earth
3. Malekhivska village council Archived 2014-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
4. Malekhiv village: street map, description Archived 2014-11-02 at archive.today
5. LDS microfilm list of villages in Zhovkva (aka Nesterov) raion in L'viv oblast
6. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
7. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

External links

• Малехів - костел св.Архистратига Михаїла (in Ukrainian)
• MALECHÓW. Kościół p.w. św. Michała Archanioła (in Polish)