- Source: Vilkhovets, Chotrtkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast
Vilkhovets (Ukrainian: Вільховець) is a village in Melnytsia-Podilska settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
History
The first written mention is from 1403.
After the liquidation of the Borshchiv Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Chortkiv Raion.
Religion
Church of the Intercession (1938, built on the site of the old one, which was built in 1784).
References
Sources
(in Ukrainian) Уніят В., Вільховець // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 281. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
"Olchowiec 10.) O., wś, pow. borszczowski". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 452.
