Rozhyshche

Rozhyshche
Rozhyshche; Рожи́ще; Rożyszcze (in Polish)
	City
	St.Michael Church in Rozhyshche (1920)
	Flag Seal
	Rozhyshche Rozhyshche
	Coordinates: 50°54′47″N 25°16′12″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Volyn Oblast
Raion	Rozhyshche Raion
Government
• Mayor	Vjacheslav Polishchuk
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	13,245[1]
Website	http://mrada.org.ua/

Rožýšče (Ukrainian: Рожи́ще, Polish: Rożyszcze, Yiddish: ראזשישטש‎ Rozhishch) is a town in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as an administrative center of Rozhyshche Raion. Population: 13,245 (2015 est.)[1]. Before the Holocaust 80 percent of the population was Jewish, and after the war all the survivors left the town .

Gallery

Transfiguration Domini Kostel (1920)
St.Mikhael Church (view from street)
St.Mikhael Church (entrance view)
World War II Memorial

References

"Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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[ua2015estimate-1] "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.