Shchyrets
Shchyrets (Ukrainian: Щирець) is an urban-type settlement in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Shchyrka, in the drainage basin of the Dniester. Shchyrets hosts the administration of Shchyrets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 5,677 (2021 est.)[1]
Shchyrets
Щирець | |
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Urban-type settlement | |
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  Shchyrets Location in Lviv Oblast  Shchyrets Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 23°51′22″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
| Raion | Lviv Raion |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,677 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Until 18 July 2020, Shchyrets belonged to Pustomyty 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 Pustomyty Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.[3][4]
Second World War Polish Army commander Gen. Stanisław Maczek hailed from Shchyrets.
Economy
Transportation
There are two railway stations in the settlement, Shchyrets I and Shchyrets II. They are both on the railway connecting Lviv and Stryi.
Shchyrets is embedded into the dense road network south of Lviv. In particular, it has access to Highway M06 which connects Lviv and Uzhhorod.
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- "Щирецька територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
