Lviv
ceety in wastren Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів L’viv, IPA: [lʲʋiw] ( listen); [Львов, L'vov] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help); Pols: Lwów; German: Lemberg; Laitin: Leopolis; see an aa ither names) is a ceety in wastren Ukraine.
Lviv Львів | |
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View o the historic Auld Toun o Lviv. | |
Motto(s): "Semper fidelis" | |
Map o Ukraine (blue) wi Lviv (red) heichlichtit. | |
Coordinates: 49°49′48″N 24°00′51″E | |
Kintra | Ukraine |
Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
Raion | Lviv Ceety Municipality |
Foondit | 1256 |
Magdeburg law | 1353 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Andriy Sadovyi |
Area | |
• City | 182.01 km2 (70.27 sq mi) |
Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• City | 760,000 |
• Density | 4298/km2 (11,130/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,498,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 79000 |
Area code(s) | +380 32(2) |
Licence plate | BC (afore 2004: ТА,ТВ,ТН,ТС) |
Sister ceeties | Corning, Freiburg, Grozny, Kraków, Novi Sad, Przemyśl, Saunt Petersburg, Whitstable, Winnipeg, Rochdale |
Website | http://lviv.travel/en/index (English) http://www.city-adm.lviv.ua (Ukrainian) |
The ceety is regardit as ane o the main cultural centres o the day's Ukraine an historically haes an aa been a major Pols an Jewish cultural center, as Poles an Jews wur the twa main ethnicities o the ceety till the ootbreak o Warld War II an the follaein Holocaust an Pols population transfers (1944–1946). The historical hert o Lviv wi its auld biggins an cobblestane roads haes survived Warld War II an ensuin Soviet presence lairgely unscathed. The ceety haes mony industries an institutions o heicher education sic as the Lviv University an the Lviv Polytechnic. Lviv is an aw a hame tae mony warld-cless cultural institutions, includin a philharmonic orchestra an the famous Lviv Theatre o Opera an Ballet. The historic ceety centre is on the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet. Lviv celebratit its 750t anniversary wi a son et lumière in the ceety centre in September 2006.
On 12 Juin 2009 the Ukrainian magazine Focus assessed Lviv as the best Ukrainian ceety tae live in.[1] Its mair Wastren European flavor lends it the nickname the "Little Paris o Ukraine".