Yahilnytsya
Sign in to saveYahilnytsia is a village in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Nahirianka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The village was a formidable center of Jewish activity prior to World War II. The Polish village of Jagielnica is its namesake and was founded by residents of this town fleeing Nazi occupation.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yahilnytsia
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- City
- Settlement.total_type
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- Settlement.image_skyline
- Костел XVII ст. с. Ягільниця.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of the Assumption
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- COA of Yahilnytsya.gif
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ukraine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 20px Ternopil
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- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chortkiv
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- Ukraine#Ukraine Ternopil Oblast
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 194
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 36.99
- Settlement.population_total
- 1200 (2014)
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 355.23
- Settlement.established_title1
- Town Status
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Yahilnytsia is a village in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Nahirianka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The village was a formidable center of Jewish activity prior to World War II. The Polish village of Jagielnica is its namesake and was founded by residents of this town fleeing Nazi occupation.
==Etymology== According to Polish researchers, the name "Jagielnica" derives from "Jagiellonian", the name of the Polish royal family. Ukrainian researcher Mikhail Kryschuk wrote in his 2011 book Toponomy of Ternopil that the Ukrainian "Yahil'nytsya" may derive from the Lithuanian name for the Slavic deity Jarilo and/or the Tatar word meaning "hell" or "lofty place" (, yagel).
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