Shchyrets
Shchyrets (Ukrainian: Щирець) is an urban-type settlement in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Shchyrka, in the drainage basin of the Dniester. Shchyrets hosts the administration of Shchyrets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 5,659 (2022 estimate).
Shchyrets
Щирець | |
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Shchyrets Location in Lviv Oblast Shchyrets Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 23°51′22″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
| Raion | Lviv Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 5,659 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Until 18 July 2020, Shchyrets belonged to Pustomyty Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Pustomyty Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.
Second World War Polish Army commander Gen. Stanisław Maczek hailed from Shchyrets.
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