Brusnytsia
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Brusnytsia (; ), known until 1946 as Barbivtsi (; ; ), is a village in Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Brusnytsia rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 2,088 (as of 2024).
Key facts
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- Brusnytsia
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- Брусниця
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- uk
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- Village
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- Брусниця Церква Успіння.jpg
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- Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Brusnytsia
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- Ukraine Chernivtsi Oblast#Ukraine
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- Location of Brusnytsia in Chernivtsi Oblast##Location of Brusnytsia in Ukraine
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- Country
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- Oblast
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- Raion
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- Vyzhnytsia Raion
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- First mentioned
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- 17th century
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Brusnytsia (; ), known until 1946 as Barbivtsi (; ; ), is a village in Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Brusnytsia rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 2,088 (as of 2024).
== History == The original name of Brusnytsia, Barbivtsi, likely descends from the Latin word , which refers to the Barbel fish species. A popular local legend offers the alternative origin that it comes from the surname Barbir. The village's current name is from the .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brusnytsia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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