Plavie

Plavie
Village
Plavie
Coordinates: 48°53′19″N 23°20′24″E / 48.88861°N 23.34000°ECoordinates: 48°53′19″N 23°20′24″E / 48.88861°N 23.34000°E
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Lviv OblastLviv Oblast
Raion Skole Raion
Area 4,47 km2 (173 sq mi)
Elevation 650 m (2,130 ft)
Population 1,372
 • Density 306,94/km2 (79,500/sq mi)
Website село Плав'я (Ukrainian)

Plavie (Ukrainian: Плав'є) is a village (selo) in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. The village Plavie is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians within the limits the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southern Lviv Oblast in Skole Raion.

Local government — Plav'ianska village council.[1]

The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1523.[2]

Geography

Remotely from Lviv on 132 km, from Skole - 26 km.

The village is surrounded by the west mountain range Dovzhky (998 – 1056 m), in the north - Ostrig (1003 m), in the east - the mountain Horby (863 m), and south the mountain Kolyska (867 m). This village is located on the altitude of 650 m above sea level, which forms here the mountain climate.

The settlement takes the form of a horseshoe that was formed as a result of confluence of two rivers (Brynivka and Vadrusivka).

Culture

The folk legends known as Plavie was founded in 1523.[3] and for the first time in writing referred to as "Splavie".

The village has two schools (Plavie-Brynivka and Plavie-Vadrusivka),[4] and the folk ensemble "Brynivochka", which was based at the school.

Christians the Greek Catholic of faith, mainly, have an opportunity to visit the Church of St. Archangel Michael (Plavie-Brynivka) and the Church of St. Miracle Archangel Michael (Plavie-Vadrusivka).

The village has two monuments of Cultural Heritage in Ukraine:

Gallery

Notes

  1. ↑ Plav'ianska village council
  2. ↑ Plavya village (Lviv region): street map, description
  3. ↑ Сколівщина.-Львів.1996 Ukrainian:
  4. ↑ Михайло Арендач. Село Плав’є: заснування, назва, звичаї та обряди Ukrainian:

References

Literature