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Revision as of 17:42, 21 March 2015
Berehove
Берегове — Beregszász | |
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UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Postal code | 90200 |
| Area code | +380-3141 |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | http://www.bereg.net.ua/ |
Berehove (Ukrainian: Берегове; Hungarian: Beregszász) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary. Population: 24,458 (2013 est.)[1].
Serving as the administrative center of Berehove Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a city of oblast significance, with a status equal to a separate raion. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary's Bereg County up until 1919 and between 1938-1944. From 1919 until 1938 it was part of Czechoslovakia.
Name
The city has many different variations of spelling its name: Romanian: Bereg, Rusyn: Берегово (translit. Berehovo), Russian: Берегово (translit. Beregovo), Czech and Slovak: Berehovo, [בערעגסאז, Beregsaz] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), German: Bergsaß, Polish: Bereg Saski.
Residents of Berehovo have voted on October 31, 2010 for renaming their city to Beregszász, the Hungarian language name of the city, during local referendum.[2][3] The voting turnout however only consisted of less than 48% with 4,688 voting for renaming and 4,358 against it, while 332 more voting bulletins were recognized as not legible presumably written neither in Hungarian or Ukrainian.
Administrative division
Part of the city is also a near adjacent village of Zatyshne of 504 people that has its representation in the city's council.
Climate
Berehove has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).
| Climate data for Berehove | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
0.3 (32.5) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
38 (1.5) |
39 (1.5) |
46 (1.8) |
69 (2.7) |
86 (3.4) |
74 (2.9) |
68 (2.7) |
48 (1.9) |
44 (1.7) |
51 (2.0) |
58 (2.3) |
666 (26.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
In 1910, out of 12,933 inhabitants 12,432 were Hungarians (96.1%), 221 Ukrainians (Ruthenians) and 140 Germans.[6]
The current estimated population is around 26,100 (as of 2004).
In 2001, ethnic groups included:[7]
- 48.1% Hungarians 12.8 thousands
- 38.9% Ukrainians 10.3 thousands
- 6.4% Romani people 1.7 thousands
- 5.4% Russians 1.5 thousands
Notable citizens
- Rabbi Hugo Gryn (1930–1996) was born here on June 25, 1930 and became well known as a broadcaster in Britain.
- The parents of Nobel Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman lived there before emigrating to the United States.
- Julius Rebek (born April 11, 1944), American chemist and expert on molecular self-assembly was born here.
- Csaba Czébely (born December 3, 1975), the drummer of Hungarian heavy metal band Pokolgép.
- Géza Kalocsay (born May 30, 1913, died September 26, 2008), former Hungarian and Czechoslovak footballer, football manager e.g. Standard Liège, FK Partizan, Górnik Zabrze.
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982.
- Holocaustsurvivor and refugee from Communist Czechoslovakia.
- 2014 European Parliament election in Hungary was elected into the European Parliament.[9] Hence, Bocskor became the first elected Ukrainian citizen in the European Parliament.[9]
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Berehove is
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Information by Fedir Shandor, the Head of the Carpathian Polling Research Center according to Ukrainian Radio website
- ^ Берегсас вместо Берегово (GLAVRED: Beregszász instead of Berehove) November 5, 2010
- ^ a b Romanian becomes regional language in Bila Tserkva in Zakarpattia region, Kyiv Post (24 September 2012)
- ^ "Climate: Berehove". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ (Hungarian) Szarka László. "A városi magyar népesség a Magyarországgal szomszédos országokban (1910-2000)" (PDF). p. 201. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ "Ukraine population census 2001". Rebek.
- ^ Andrea BOCSKOR, European Parliament
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(3 July 2014)
External links
- City of Berehove official website (Ukrainian)
- Berehove in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Berehove - Shtetlink