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Saranchuky

Coordinates: 49°21′03″N 24°59′09″E / 49.35083°N 24.98583°E / 49.35083; 24.98583
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Church pennant of village Saranchuky, at museum in Berezhany

Saranchuky (Ukrainian: Саранчуки, Polish: Saranczuky, Saranczuki) is a village in Berezhany Raion of Ternopil Oblast in the western area of Ukraine, the historic region of Halychyna (Eastern Galicia). Saranchuky is located in a large, fertile valley plain of the Zolota Lypa River, about 15 km south of Berezhany. The name comes from the word "sarancha" (=Locust).

The Saranchuky area is very densely populated, and there are a few other villages virtually merged with it: Rybnyky, Potutory and Kotiv. The closest railroad station is in Potutory, and there is a small railway stop in Rybnyky. Many[who?] believe that Saranchuky used to be a Tatar settlement.

Demographics

  • Population in 1900: 2031 inhabitants (56 Jews)
  • Population in 1939: 2970 (60 Jews)
  • Present population: 1066 inhabitants (within Saranchuky village council) / 880 people in Saranchuky village proper (2007)

49°21′03″N 24°59′09″E / 49.35083°N 24.98583°E / 49.35083; 24.98583