Lytovezh | |
Official Name: | Lytovezh |
Native Name: | Литовеж |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Flag Border: | no |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Volyn Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Label: | Lytovezh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lytovezh within Ukraine |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Coordinates: | 50.6514°N 24.1881°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name1: | Volyn Oblast |
Subdivision Name2: | Volodymyr Raion |
Established Title: | Based |
Established Date: | Sometime during the 15th century |
Area Total Km2: | 4.267 |
Elevation M: | 187 |
Population Total: | 1507 |
Population Density Km2: | 353.2 |
Postal Code: | 45325 |
Postal Code Type: | Zip |
Area Code: | +380 3372 |
Leader Title: | Village Head |
Leader Name: | Ivanchuk Ivan Ivanovych |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Lytovezh rural hromada |
Lytovezh (Ukrainian: Литовеж) is a village in the Volodymyr Raion of the Volyn Oblast in Ukraine. The population is 1507 people. It is the centre of the Lytovezh rural hromada.
After the de-establishment and dissolution of Ivanychiv Raion on July 19, 2020, the village became part of Volodymyr Raion.[1] The elevation in meters is 187 meters above sea level.[2] The village is located on the oriental bank of the Bug River, also near itsborder with the Lviv Oblast. The settlement is located 5 km from Blahodatne, 12 km from Ivanychi and 10 km from Novovolynsk.
In the XIV century. Lithuanian princes built a castle with powerful earthen fortifications and watchtowers. The first mention of the Lytovezh in historical documents is from the fifteenth century. In 1501, the granted Magdeburg rights were confirmed by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old.[3] [4]
In 1906 the village of Hrybovytsky volost of Volodymyr-Volyn raion of Volhynia governorate. The distance from the county town is 27 versts, from the parish 7. Yards 285, inhabitants 1710.[5]
Near the village there are the ancient remnants of what remains of the former villages and forts of: doba eneolita (4-3 millennium BC) and rannaya zaliza (late 2 thousand - early 1 thousand BC).[6]
According to the 1989 Ukrainian SSR census, the population of the village was 1607, of which 724 were men and 883 were women.
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1506 people.
Distribution of the population by mother tongue according to the 2001 census:
Ukrainian | 99% | |
Russian | 0.66% | |
Belarusian | 0.27% |