Chernelytsia

Coordinates: 48°48′40″N 25°25′48″E / 48.81111°N 25.43000°E / 48.81111; 25.43000

Chernelytsia
Чернелиця
Czernelica
Urban type settlement
Chernelytsia
Coordinates: 48°48′40″N 25°25′48″E / 48.81111°N 25.43000°E / 48.81111; 25.43000
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Raion Horodenka Raion
Area
  Total 31.40 km2 (12.12 sq mi)
Population (2016)
  Total 1,648
  Density 52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Area code(s) (+380) 3430

Chernelytsia (Ukrainian: Чернелиця; Polish: Czernelica) is an Urban-type settlement in Horodenka Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Its population was 1,648(2016 est.)[1].

Location

Chernelytsia is located south of the Dniester on the Dolzhok River.

History

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

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

References

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