Bila, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast

Rural locality in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Village in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Bila Біла
Village

49°35′03″N 25°34′41″E / 49.58417°N 25.57806°E / 49.58417; 25.57806
Country	Ukraine
Province	Ternopil Oblast
District	Ternopil Raion
Area
• Total	1.570 km² (0.606 sq mi)
Elevation ^[1]	314 m (1,030 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	3,627
• Density	2,300/km² (6,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	47707
Area code	+380 352

Bila (Ukrainian: Біла) is a village in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast of Western Ukraine.

History

The existence of the village became known in the second half of the 16th century, in a document of the Polish magnate Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, where the fields that at that time belonged to Tarnopol were registered. In 1884, Oleksander Barvinsky launched one of the main cultural centers in the area here. In 1912, the first Ternopil airfield was established in Bila, where some of the first flight demonstrations in present-day Ukraine were made. Until the creation of the current municipality in 2018, the town formed a rural council on its own.^[2]^[3]

Geography

Bila is located on the northern outskirts of the regional capital Ternopil, at the exit of the city from the P39 road leading to Brody. The village is separated from the capital by the Ternopil-Vantazhnyi railway station and the adjoining industrial estate.^[4]

Religion

St. Nicholas Church (1601, restored in 1910; restored in 1989, UGCC),
Church of St. Kniahynia Olha (1997, brick; architect Y. Viunov, OCU),
Church of the Intercession (2004, brick, UGCC),
Spiritual youth center and Sunday school (1927, former Roman Catholic church, UGCC)

Demographics

In 2007, 2,927 people lived in the village.^[5]

Languages

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[6]

Language	Percentage
Ukrainian	99.15 %
Russian	0.61 %
Belarusian	0.10 %
Armenian	0.03 %

References

^ "Bila (Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ В. Уніят. Біла. // Тернопільський енциклопедичний словник : у 4 т. / редкол.: Г. Яворський та ін. — Тернопіль : Видавничо-поліграфічний комбінат «Збруч», 2004. — Т. 1 : А — Й. — С. 126. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
^ "Biała (5), wś, pow. tarnopolski". // Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego. — Warszawa : Druk «Wieku», 1880. — Т. I. — S. 171. (пол.) — S. 171–172. (пол.)
^ "Mapa de Bila". Google Maps.
^ Viktor Uniyat Біла. // (in Ukrainian) Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, 696 s. — ISBN 966-528-197-6. — С. 126.
^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Херсонська область (у % до загальної чисельності населення) - Регіон, Рік , Вказали у якості рідної мову (2001(05.12))". Archived from the original on 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2023-03-19.

Sources

(in Ukrainian) В. Уніят, Біла // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 126. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
(in Ukrainian) В. Уніят-Карпович, Біла // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 352—354. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
"Biała (5), wś, pow. tarnopolski". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1880. p. 171.