{{short description|Rural locality in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Lopatyn | native_name = Лопатин | native_name_lang = uk | settlement_type = Rural settlement | image_skyline = Костел Непорочного зачаття Діви Марії 01.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary | image_flag = Flag of Lopatyn.png | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Coats of arms of Lopatyn.png | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_map1 = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Lviv Oblast##Location in Ukraine | coordinates = {{coord|50|13|03|N|24|50|42|E|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Lviv Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Sheptytskyi Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Lopatyn settlement hromada | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="ua2022estimate"/> | population_total = 3259 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Lopatyn''' ({{langx|uk|Лопатин}}, {{langx|pl|Łopatyn}}) is a rural settlement in Sheptytskyi Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Ostrivka, a left tributary of the Styr in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Lopatyn hosts the administration of Lopatyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_lopatyn">{{cite web |title=Лопатинская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/lopatynska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|3,259|punct=.}}
==History== Until 18 July 2020, Lopatyn belonged to Radekhiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Radekhiv Raion was merged into Chervonohrad Raion (modern Sheptytskyi Raion).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
Until 26 January 2024, Lopatyn was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Lopatyn became a rural settlement.<ref name="glavnoe">{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |language=ru| date=1 January 2024}}</ref>
==Transportation== The closest railway station is in Radekhiv, about {{convert|15|km|mi}} west of Lopatyn.The settlement is connected by local roads with Radekhiv, Brody, Busk, and Berestechko, where it has further access via national roads to Lviv, Rivne, and Lutsk.
==Notable people== *Asher Barash
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Category:Rural settlements in Sheptytskyi Raion