Belz

Belz Белз
Ceety
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Belz Location athin Ukraine Belz Belz (Lviv Oblast)
Coordinates: 50.38°N 24.02°E / 50.38; 24.02
Kintra	Ukraine
Province	Lviv Oblast
Named for	See in airticle
Govrenment
• Mayor	Volodymyr Mukha
Area
• Total	5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	2,398
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Zip Code	80065
Area code(s)	+380 3257

Belz (Ukrainian: Белз, Pols: Bełz, Yiddish/Ebreu: בעלז translit. Belz), a smaw ceety in the Lviv Oblast (province) o Wastren Ukraine, near the border wi Poland, is locatit atween the Solokiya river (a tributar o the Bug River) an the Rzeczyca stream.

The current estimatit population is 2408 (as o 2004), makkin it the smawest ceety in Ukraine.

Oreegin o name

Thare are a few theories as tae the oreegin o the name:

1. Celtic leid − 'belz' (watter) or 'pelz' (stream),
2. German leid − 'Pelz'/'Belz' (fur, furry)
3. Auld Slavic leid an the Boyko leid − «белз» or «бевз» (muddy place),
4. Auld East Slavic − «бълизь» (white place, a glade in the midst o daurk woods).

The name occurs anerly in twa ither places, baith Celtic auries in antiquity:

1. 'Belz' (depairtment Morbihan), Breetany, Fraunce
2. 'Bălţi' (Бельцы/Beljcy, kent in Yiddish as 'Beltz' an aw), Moldovae (Bessarabie)

Freemit airtins

• (in Pols) Bełz Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine (Belz) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1880)
• Google location
• Blog for people who are researching ancestors in Belz