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Olesko (; ) is a rural settlement in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Busk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Olesko
Settlement.settlement_type
Rural settlement
Settlement.image_skyline
Image:Olesko coa 1936.png
Settlement.imagesize
150px
Settlement.image_caption
Symbol of Olesko. 1 Sas, 2 Topór, 3 Herburt, 4 Korczak. Coat of arms of Jan Daniłowicz h. Sas (landowner in 1605), from his mother Katarzyna Tarło/wa h. Topór, and his grandmothers Katarzyna Odnowski/a h. Herburt, and Regina Malczycki/a h. Korczak.
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Location of Olesko within Ukraine
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Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lviv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Zolochiv Raion
Settlement.population_as_of
2022
Settlement.population_total
1418
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Busk urban hromada

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Олесько
Country
Ukraine
Population
1446
Area
1.99
Elevation
232
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Image
Олеський замок - панорама парку.jpg
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WikiProject Ukraine
Commons category
Olesko
Commons gallery
Olesko
postal code
80600
time of earliest written record
1327-00-00
native label
Олесько
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Encyclopedic overview

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Olesko (; ) is a rural settlement in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Busk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .

==History== It was the seat of the rebbes of Alesk, and also the birthplace of Jan III Sobieski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olesko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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