Cherche

Cherche (Ukrainian: Черче) is a village situated in the Rohatyn Raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. In 1970 it had a population of 1,400 inhabitants.

For the French wine grape, see Jacquère.
Cherche

Черче
Town
Coordinates: 49°25′N 24°33′E
CountryUkraine
OblastIvano-Frankivsk
Founded1443
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,168

The city contains balneological and mud resorts.

Wooden church of Saint Basil, built in 1733

History

Cherche is a village located 5 kilometers (approximately 3 miles) from the regional center of Rohatyn. It has a population of approximately 1,500 people. The village is surrounded by hills and sits above the river Potik.

The first written notation regarding Cherche dates back to 1443.[1] However, people have lived in the area since the 13th century.

There are notes about priest (and hence church) and 2 fields circa 50 hectares in tax register of year 1515.[2]

The name of the village is derived from a piece of land on which the first monks settled and later built their first monastery. At the beginning, the village was called Cherneche; it was later changed to Chernche, and finally it became Cherche, which is still in use today.

References
  1. Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego (in Polish and Latin). T.12. Lwów: skł. gł. w księg. Seyfartha i Czajkowskiego (Lwów : I. Związk. Druk.). 1887. p. s.3.
  2. Jabłonowski, Aleksander (1902). Polska XVI wieku pod względem geograficzno-statystycznym. Cz. I. Ziemie ruskie. Ruś Czerwona (in Polish and Latin). Tom XVIII. Warszawa: Sklad główny u Gerberta I Wolfa. p. s.166.


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