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Radekhiv

Radekhiv
City
Church in Radekhiv
Church in Radekhiv
Flag of Radekhiv
Flag
Coat of arms of Radekhiv
Coat of arms
Country  Ukraine
Province Flag of Lviv Oblast.png Lviv Oblast
Raion Radekhiv Raion
First mentioned 1472
Magdeburg rights 1752
Area
 • Total 16.26 km2 (6.28 sq mi)
Elevation 231 m (758 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Total 9,600
 • Density 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 80200
Area code(s) +380-3255
Website http://radekhiv-miskrada.in.ua/

Radekhiv (Ukrainian: Раде́хів, Polish: Radziechów) is a city in Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Radekhiv Raion. Population: 9,600 (2013 est.).

Ed Stelmach, the premier of the Canadian province of Alberta from 2006 to 2011, is descended from immigrants who arrived in Canada from Radekhiv.[1] The town is the birthplace of Polish lawyer and government minister Kazimierz Wladyslaw Kumaniecki, Polish diplomat Marian Szumlakowski, and Polish art historian Juliusz Ross.

City hall

Old brewery

Wooden church in Radekhiv

Coordinates: 50°16′58″N 24°38′15″E / 50.28278°N 24.63750°E / 50.28278; 24.63750


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