Lanchyn

Lanchyn (Ukrainian: Ланчин, Polish: Łanczyn, Hebrew: לאנצ'ין, Romanian: Lanciîn) is an urban-type settlement in Nadvirna Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Its population was 7,884(2020 est.)[1].

Lanchyn

Ланчин

Łanczyn
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Lanchyn
Coordinates: 48°32′51″N 24°45′6″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
RaionNadvirna Raion
Government
  Head of Village CouncilMykhaylo Mykhaylovych Ivanyuk
Area
  Total27.89 km2 (10.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total7,884
  Density280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Area code(s)(+380) 3475

Location

Lanchyn is located on the Prut about 42 kilometers south of Ivano-Frankivsk and 16 kilometers southeast of Nadvirna.

History

Between 1772 and 1918 it was part of Austrian Galicia. After the end of World War I Lanchyn (as Łanczyn) became part of Nadvirna Powiat in Stanisławów Voivodeship, part of Poland. In 1939 it was annexed by the Soviet Union. In 1940 it became an urban-type settlement.

Lanchyn was occupied by German troops during World War II from 1941 to 1944, part of the District of Galicia.

Postwar, Lanchyn was briefly the center of the raion.

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