Burshtyn

Burshtyn
Бурштин
Burshtyn
Pipes of Burshtyn TES (coal-fired power station)
Flag of Burshtyn
Official seal of Burshtyn
Etymology: Amber (in Ukrainian and Polish)
Burshtyn is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Burshtyn
Burshtyn
Burshtyn is located in Ukraine
Burshtyn
Burshtyn
Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 24°37′40″E / 49.25833°N 24.62778°E / 49.25833; 24.62778
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
MunicipalityBurshtyn
Population
 (2022)
 • Total14,737

Burshtyn (Ukrainian: Буршти́н, romanizedBurshtyn) is a city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine, to the north of Halych. It is accessible by rail. Burshtyn hosts the administration of Burshtyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 14,737 (2022 estimate).[2]

It developed rapidly and significantly grew in population during the Soviet period. Administratively, Burshtyn is incorporated as a city of regional significance.

The town, which was one of the Jewish shtetls, and whose name in Ukrainian and Polish literally means amber, was only granted city status in 1993 and has a special administrative status in Halych Raion. As an urbanized settlement from 1944 to 1962, it was the main town of the raion. There is an old Roman Catholic Church in the center of the city, which was restored at the beginning of the 21st century.

One of its landmarks is the Burshtyn TES coal-fired power station, which is situated on a reservoir approximately 8 km long and 2 km wide. A fish farm lies on the lake near the district of Bilshivtsi. The town is known for its soccer club Enerhetyk.

  1. ^ "Бурштинська міська громада - Івано-Франківська область". gromada.info. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.