Nyzhniv (Ukrainian: Нижнів, Polish: Niżniów) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion (district) of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Dniester River flows near the eastern edge of the village. Nyzhniv belongs to Tlumach urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] In the village lived 1991 inhabitants in 2001.

Nyzhniv Нижнів
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°56′42″N 25°05′48″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Raion	Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
Area
• Total	18,454 km2 (7,125 sq mi)
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	1,991
• Density	10,789/km2 (27,940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	78013
Area code	+380 3479

Dniester Canyon begins near the village.

History

Until 18 July 2020, Nyzhniv belonged to Tlumach Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Tlumach Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.[2][3]

People

• Antin Levytsky, a Greek Catholic priest, who was Kost Levytsky's father.[4]
• Anastasia Stanko, a Ukrainian journalist and television hostess, a member of the "Stop censorship" movement.[5]

References

Sources

• Dmytro Blazejowskyj, Historical Šematism of the Archeparchy of L'viv (1832-1944).— Kyiv: Publishing house «KM Akademia», 2004.— 570 p. ISBN 966-518-225-0
• Niżniów w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII (Netrebka – Perepiat) z 1886 r., P. 169. (in Polish)

Links

• Towns&Cities: Nyzhniv also known as Niżniów, Nizhnov, Nizhnev, Nizhneve, Nizhnuv, Nizhnyuv

На других языках

[de] Nyschniw

[ru] Нижнев