Sudova Vyshnia
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Sudova Vyshnia Судова Вишня |
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Town hall
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 Sudova Vyshnia
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| Coordinates: 49°47′21″N 23°22′20″E / 49.78917°N 23.37222°E | ||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Oblast |
 Lviv Oblast
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| Raion | Mostyska Raion | |
| First mentioned | 1230 | |
| Magdeburg law | 1368 | |
| Population (2013) | ||
| • Total | 6,461 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Postal code | 81340 | |
| Area code(s) | +380 | |
Sudova Vyshnia (Ukrainian: Судова Вишня, Polish: Sądowa Wisznia) is a town of Mostyska Raion in Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 6,461 (2013 est.).
The town has a number of Catholic cathedrals, a secondary school, is a market centre for surrounding agricultural area. In the past the town contained a horse farm, providing horse stud service for the area, some of the horse studs being very expensive. On outskirts there is a hippodrome.
Sudova Vyshnia is located about 50 km west of Lviv, on the highway 
(Shehyni - Lviv) and railroad to Przemyśl in Poland. In the city also terminates a route P40 that stretches all the way to Rava-Ruska.
The Vishnya river flows through the town in a westerly direction, eventually joining San in Poland. The railway line (twin track) leads to Krakow and Silesia in Poland, being a main route carrying coal to the former USSR.
Sudova Vyshnia was first mentioned in Galician–Volhynian Chronicle for 1230 as Vyshnia. In 1340, together with whole Red Ruthenia, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Poland. Until the 1772 Partitions of Poland, Sadowa Wisznia, as it was officially called, was part of Przemysl Land, Ruthenian Voivodeship.
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