Tarnopol, Saskatchewan

Tarnopol is an unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada, located 50 km southwest of the city of Melfort. It was settled mostly by Ukrainian and Polish immigrants in the early 1900s. Tarnopol gets its name from Ternopil, Ukraine, which was formerly known as Tarnopol[1] when that district was part of the Imperial Austrian province of Galicia.

Tarnopol
Location of Tarnopol in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 52°42′00″N 105°23′02″W
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionSaskatchewan
Census divisionDivision No. 15
Rural MunicipalityInvergordon
Population
 (2006)
  Total5
Area code(s)306

See also

References

  1. Russell, E.T. (1973) What's in a Name?, p. 317, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Book Service, ISBN 0-919306-39-X



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