Cherche


Cherche is a village situated in the Rohatyn Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. In 1970 it had a population of 1,400 inhabitants.
The city contains balneological and mud resorts.

History

Cherche is a village located 5 kilometers from the regional center of Rohatyn. It has a population of approximately 1,500 people. The village is surrounded by hills and sits above the river Potik.
The first written notation regarding Cherche dates back to 1443. However, people have lived in the area since the 13th century.
There are notes about priest and 2 fields circa 50 hectares in tax register of year 1515.
The name of the village is derived from a piece of land on which the first monks settled and later built their first monastery. At the beginning, the village was called Cherneche; it was later changed to Chernche, and finally it became Cherche, which is still in use today.