Variazh

Variazh (; ) is a village (former town) in Sheptytskyi Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 825 as of the 2024 Census. The village is located close to the border with Poland, near the Polish village of Uśmierz. It belongs to Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Variazh
Settlement.native_name: Варяж
Settlement.native_name_lang: uk
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Костел святого Марка.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: St. Mark's Church
Settlement.image_shield: UKR Varyazh COA.gif
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Variazh in Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lviv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Sheptytskyi Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Sokal urban hromada
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned

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Official website

Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections

Contents

History
People from Variazh
See also
References
External links

==History== The first written documents date the settlement back to in 1419 as Waręż. In 1538, the settlement was granted the Magdeburg rights. It formed part of the Kingdom of Poland until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Austria.

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