Plavie

Plavie
Плав'є
village

View of the village Plavie.
Plavie
Coordinates: UA 48°53′19″N 23°20′24″E / 48.88861°N 23.34000°E / 48.88861; 23.34000Coordinates: UA 48°53′19″N 23°20′24″E / 48.88861°N 23.34000°E / 48.88861; 23.34000
Country  Ukraine
Province  Lviv Oblast
District Skole Raion
Established 1523
Area
  Total 4,47 km2 (173 sq mi)
Elevation/(average value of) 650 m (2,130 ft)
Population
  Total 1,372
  Density 306,94/km2 (79,500/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 82643
Area code +380 3251
Website село Плав'я (Ukrainian)


Plavie (Ukrainian: Плав'є) is a village (selo) in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. The village Plavie is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians within the limits the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southern Lviv Oblast in Skole Raion.
Local governmentPlav'ianska village council.[1]
The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1523.[2]

Geography

Remotely from Lviv on 132 km, from Skole - 26 km.
The village is located with the west side of the Mountain Ridge Dovzhky (998 - 1056 m), in the north - Ostrig (1003 m), in the east - the mountain Horby (863 m), and south the mountain Kolyska (867 m). This village is located on the altitude of 650 m above sea level, which forms here the mountain climate.
The settlement takes the form of a horseshoe that was formed as a result of confluence of two rivers (Brynivka and Vadrusivka).

Culture

The folk legends known as Plavie was founded in 1523.[3] and for the first time in writing referred to as "Splavie".
The village has two schools (Plavie-Brynivka and Plavie-Vadrusivka),[4] and the folk ensemble "Brynivochka", which was based at the school.
Christians the Greek Catholic of faith, mainly, have an opportunity to visit the Church of St. Archangel Michael (Plavie-Brynivka) and the Church of St. Miracle Archangel Michael (Plavie-Vadrusivka).

The village has two monuments of Cultural Heritage in Ukraine:

Famous people from Plavie

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