Verkhnie Synovydne

Verkhnie Synovydne (Ukrainian: Ве́рхнє Синьови́дне, former name, to the 1946 – Ukrainian: Синьовидсько Вижнє) is an urban-type settlements in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. Verkhnie Synovydne granted the status of urban-type settlement in 1957.

Verkhnie Synovydne

Ве́рхнє Синьови́дне
Town
Verkhnie Synovydne
Coordinates: 49°05′57″N 23°35′00″E
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
District Skole Raion
Established1561
Area
 • Total3,62 km2 (140 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 • Total3,348
 • Density925,00/km2 (240,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
82613
Area code+380 3251
Websiteсмт Верхнє Синьовидне (Ukrainian)

The settlement is located along the river Opir River. It is situated 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the regional center Lviv, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the district center Skole[1] and is located along the Highway M06 (Ukraine). It is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) connecting Kiev to the Hungarian border near Chop, where it connects to the Hungarian Highway M34.

Its total area is 3.62 km2, and the population is around 3,348 people.[2] Local government is administered by Verkhnosynovydnenska settlement council.[3]

The first written record of its mention dates from 1561. But archaeological studies indicate that in this location people lived in the days of Kievan Rus and Principality of Galicia–Volhynia. That are approximately the year 1240.[4]

References
  1. DELLA (in Ukrainian)
  2. С.м.т. Верхнє Синьовидне: карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  3. Верхньосиньовидненська селищна (сільська) рада (in Ukrainian)
  4. Верхнє Синьовидне // Незалежний культурологічний часопис «Галичина — країна міст». — 2005. — № 36. (in Ukrainian)

Literature
  • Ukrainian: Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р., сторінка 715
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