Nahirianka | |
Native Name: | Нагірянка |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ternopil Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chortkiv Raion |
Coordinates: | 48.9308°N 25.7342°W |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Ternopil Oblast |
Elevation M: | 318 |
Area Total Km2: | 14,80 |
Population Total: | 1785 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Website: | селище Нагірянка райцентр Чортків (Ukrainian) |
Nahirianka (uk|Нагі́рянка) is a village or rural settlements (uk|селище, selysche) located in the Chortkiv Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province of Western Ukraine). It hosts the administration of Nahirianka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The area of the village totals is 14,80 km2 and the population of the village is about 2122 people.[2] Local government is administered by Nahirianska village council.[3]
The village is located on the banks of the Cherkaska River (right tributary of Seret River, Dniester River basin). That is along the Highway M19 (Ukraine) () at a distance of 15km (09miles) from the district center of Chortkiv, 92km (57miles) from the regional center Ternopil and 34km (21miles) from the town of Zalishchyky.
The village is joined by the khutory of Hai Nahoryanski and Marylivka.
The village is known from the 16th century, although the official founding date of village is 1785. Initially the village it was known as the suburbs of the village Yahilnytsya. But archeological sights and remains of settlements of Trypillian culture (3rd millennium BC) and Culture of ancient Rus (11th-13th centuries) it was found near the village Nahirianka.[4]
Nahirianka village contains one of the most powerful castles hetman S. Lyantskoronsky - Yahilnytsia Castle, 1630.[5] There are an architectural monuments of local importance of the Ternopil region, Chortkiv district in the village. It is a wooden Church of St. Michael 1672–1782 years (N-691/1) and wooden bell tower 18th century (N-481/2).[6]
President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and public and political activist Viacheslav Chornovil visited Nahirianka.