Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada

Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada
Великобичківська селищна громада
Hromada
Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada
Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada
Coordinates: 47°58′00″N 24°00′54″E / 47.9667°N 24.015°E / 47.9667; 24.015
Country Ukraine
Oblast (province) Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion (district) Rakhiv Raion
Area
 • Total
574.6 km2 (221.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
29,521
Websitebychkivrada.gov.ua

Velykyi Bychkiv settlement territorial hromada (Ukrainian: Великобичківська селищна територіальна громада, romanizedVelykobychkivska selyshchna terytorialna hromada) is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Rakhiv Raion within the country's western Zakarpattia Oblast. Its capital is the rural settlement of Velykyi Bychkiv.[1]

The hromada has an area of 574.6 km2 (221.9 sq mi),[1] as well as a population of 29,521 (as of 2023).[2]

Composition

Formed on June 12, 2020 by merging the Velykobychkivska and Kobyletsko-Polyanska settlement councils, as well as the Verkhnyovodyanska, Vodytska, Kosivsko-Polyanska, Luzhanska and Rosishkivska village councils of the Rakhiv district.[3]

In addition to two rural settlements (Velykyi Bychkiv and Kobyletska Poliana), the hromada includes seven villages: [1]

Geography

The area of ​​the district is 574.6 km2 (221.9 sq mi). [1] The territorial community is located near the border of Ukraine with Romania. The territory of the community is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians, among broad-leaved forests, on the right bank of the Tysa River.[4]

The climate in Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada is moderately continental. The average temperature in January is -4.8 °C, in July - +18.0 °C, the average annual temperature is 7.4 °C. The average annual precipitation is 1212 mm, the maximum of which falls on June-July. With increasing altitude above sea level, the air temperature decreases and the amount of precipitation increases.[5][3]

Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada has tourist resources - mountain meadows, mineral springs, waterfalls.On the territory of the Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada there are about 15 mineral springs of various chemical composition (carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide springs).[3][6]

The mineral resources of Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada are green tuff.[7]

The community's economy is represented by forestry, agriculture, and manufacturing industry.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Великобичківська територіальна громада" [Velykyi Bychkiv territorial hromada]. decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Великобичківська громада" [Velykyi Bychkiv hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Характеристика населених пунктів ВЕЛИКОБИЧКІВСЬКОЇ СЕЛИЩНОЇ РАДИ. СХЕМА САНІТАРНОГО ОЧИЩЕННЯ НАСЕЛЕНИХ ПУНКТІВ ВЕЛИКОБИЧКІВСЬКОЇ СЕЛИЩНОЇ РАДИ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  4. ^ Запотоцький С.П., Брайчевський Ю.С., Галаган О.О. та ін. Рахівський район: природа, населення, господарство : навч.-метод. посіб. із професійно орієнтованої практики / за ред. Я.Б. Олійника. 2015 Retrieved 2025-07-02
  5. ^ Кагало, О. О. (12 December 2012). "Карпати (Карпатські гори)". esu.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Мінеральні джерела - Великобичківська територіальна громада". bychkivrada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Корисні копалини Закарпатської області" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 July 2025.