Skelivka

Skelivka (; ) is a village in Lviv Oblast, Sambir Raion, Ukraine on the Strwiąż River. It belongs to Khyriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.official_name: Skelivka
Settlement.native_name: Скелівка
Settlement.image_skyline: Костел святого Мартина (Скелівка).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: 16th century church of St. Martin and 14th century tower remaining from the Felsztyn castle
Settlement.image_seal: Skelivka coat of arms.png
Settlement.image_flag: Skelivka flag.png
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lviv Oblast
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine#Ukraine Lviv Oblast
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ukraine
Settlement.population_total: 1062
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3.5
Settlement.elevation_m: 250
Settlement.established_date: 1374
Settlement.established_title: Founded

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Skelivka (; ) is a village in Lviv Oblast, Sambir Raion, Ukraine on the Strwiąż River. It belongs to Khyriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

The village is located a few kilometers from the border with Poland, in the eastern part of the Bieszczady Mountains, near the towns of Przemyśl (in southeastern Poland), Dobromil and Stryj (in western Ukraine). It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, and has an elevation of 250 meters.

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