Mateyivtsi
Mateyivtsi (Ukrainian: Матеївці; Polish: Matyjowce), also known as Matiyivtsi (Ukrainian: Матіївці) is a village in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Mateyivtsi rural hromada. Its population is 1,753 (as of 2023).
History
Mateyivtsi was first mentioned in 1764. As of 1939, the village had a population of 1,050, according to Volodymyr Kubijovyč. Of these, 950 were Ukrainians, 60 were Polish people, 30 were Jews, and 10 were Latynnyky.
There is a wooden church in the village, known as the Church of the Intercession. It was constructed in 1834 as a replacement for the original (possibly built in 1695).
References
- ^ "Матеївецька громада" [Mateyivtsi hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Матеївці, Коломийський район, Івано-франківська область". The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (in Ukrainian). 25 November 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Kubijovyč, Volodymyr (1983). Етнічні групи південнозахідньої України (Галичини) на 1.1.1939 [Ethnic groups of the South-Western Ukraine (Halyčyna - Galicia) 1.1.1939] (in Ukrainian). Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz. p. 37. ISBN 3-447-02376-7.
- ^ "Матіївці" [Matiyivtsi]. Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.