Lviv

Lviv (Ukrainian: Львівcode: uk is deprecated ) is the capital city of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. 860,000 people live in Lviv. 88% of the people living there are Ukrainian, 8% are Russian, and 1% are Polish. An extra 200,000 people commute to Lviv every day for work.

Львів
City of regional significance
Ukrainian transcription(s)
• National	Lviv
• ALA-LC	L′viv
• BGN/PCGN	L’viv
• Scholarly	L′viv
From top down: Historic Centre of Lviv, Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, the Market Square
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°49′48″N 24°00′51″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Municipality	Lviv
Founded	1240–1247
Magdeburg law	1356
Government
• Mayor	Andriy Sadovyi
Area
• Total	182.01 km2 (70.27 sq mi)
Elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Population  (January 2019)
• Total	724,713
• Density	3,982/km2 (10,310/sq mi)
• Demonym	Leopolitan
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal codes	{{#property:p281}}
Licence plate	BC (before 2004: ТА, ТВ, ТН, ТС)
Sister cities	Corning, Freiburg, Grozny, Kraków, Lublin, Novi Sad, Przemyśl, Saint Petersburg, Whitstable, Winnipeg, Wolfsburg, Rochdale
Website	city-adm.lviv.ua

During the city's history, it was ruled by many countries. When part of Poland it was called Lwów (pronounced and sometimes spelled Lvov). In German, it was known as Lemberg, that was part of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empires and again under Nazi German occupation. From 1350 until 1772 it belonged to the Kingdom of Poland and from 1918 to 1939 to the Republic of Poland.

Lviv Media

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  A satellite view of Lviv (Sentinel-2, 14 August 2017)

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  A 17th century portrait depicting Knyaz Lev of Galicia-Volhynia with the city of Lviv in the background

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  Lviv High Castle first built in 1250 by Leo I of Halych and rebuilt in 1362 by Casimir III of Poland (engraving by A. Gogenberg, 17th century)

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  John II Casimir, King of Poland, pledging an oath at Lwów's Latin Cathedral, by painter Jan Matejko. Collection of the Wrocław Museum.

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  Lwów in a lithograph from 1618

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  18th century map of Lemberg (Lviv, Lwów)

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  The Racławice Panorama opened in 1894

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  Stanisław Skarbek Theatre in 1900

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  The Galician Sejm (until 1918), since 1920 the Jan Kazimierz University

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  Lemberg (Lviv, Lwów) in 1915