Pechenizhyn

Pechenizhyn
City
Pechenizhyn Location of Pechenizhyn within Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°31′N 24°53′E / 48.52°N 24.88°E / 48.52; 24.88Coordinates: 48°31′N 24°53′E / 48.52°N 24.88°E / 48.52; 24.88
Country	Ukraine
Oblast (province)	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Population (2016)
• Total	5,313

Pechenizhyn (Ukrainian: Печені́жин, Polish: Peczeniżyn, Yiddish: פעטשיניזשן‎ Pechinizhn) is an urban-type settlement in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine, 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Kolomyya. It population is 5,313 (2016 est.).

Until World War I Pechenizhyn was in Kolomyja Powiat, Galicia (in the Austrian Empire). Between the two World Wars it was in Stanislawow Province, Poland. In 1890 the Jewish population of the town was 2024.

1913: total population 7000 (4100 Ukrainians (Rusyns), 2300 Jews, 600 Poles)

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