Berehove Raion

Berehove Raion
Берегівський район
Raion
Flag of Berehove Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Berehove Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°12′3.17″N 22°38′2.64″E / 48.2008806°N 22.6340667°E / 48.2008806; 22.6340667Coordinates: 48°12′3.17″N 22°38′2.64″E / 48.2008806°N 22.6340667°E / 48.2008806; 22.6340667
Country  Ukraine
Region  Zakarpattia Oblast
Established November 9, 1953
Admin. center Berehove
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Ihor Svyshcho
Area
 • Total 635 km2 (245 sq mi)
Elevation 120 m (390 ft)
Population
 • Total 51,804
 • Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 90200
Area code ?
Website www.bereg-rda.gov.ua

Berehove Raion (Ukrainian: Берегівський район, Hungarian: Beregszászi járás) is a district (raion) in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in the westernmost corner of Ukraine. The administrative center is Berehove, which does not belong to the raion and is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance. For many centuries the territory of the district was part of Bereg County. Population: 51,804 (2013 est.)[1].

Location

The district covers 635 km2 (245 sq mi) and composes about 5.5% territory of the region. It is located at the south-western portion of the region on the border with Hungary. The district also borders with such districts of the region as Mukachevo, Uzhhorod, Irshava, and Vynohradove.

Through the district flow three rivers Tisza, Borzhava, and Salva. Most of the territory is an open plain with some elevation at its north-eastern portion, closer to the Carpathian ridges.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the population of Berehivskyi Raion is 54,614[2](as of 2004), which is about 4% of the Zakarpattia region population. About 50,000 reside in a rural area.

Although ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine are in majority here (76.1%), ethnic groups are relatively numerous in Berehove Raion. The largest of these are Ruthenians (18.8%), Russians (0.7%), Romani (4.1%).

Administrative division

The Berehove district (raion) consists of one town municipality and 30 rural municipalities, all of which also have their respective administrative councils (rada). The administrative center of the district is situated in the city of Berehovo which is not part of the district administration. The city of Berehovo was designated into a special city municipality of regional significance in 2001. Some of the municipalities of the district consist of several settlements, mostly rural.

Note that most of the settlements regained their original Hungarian names since the Ukrainian independence. Some settlements' names end with o, unlike within the Ukrainian grammar which requires ending e. Those names are traditional and in the local Ukrainian dialect.

Administrative center: Berehovo (Beregszász)

Town municipality: Batiovo (Batyu)

Rural municipalities:

Note: Hungarian name of places are given in parenthesis.

Transportation

Map of Zakarpattia with the Berehove district highlighted (Cyrillic).
Highways

Through the district runs one of the European route which in fact consists of two different ones and . The highway runs from the north from Mukacheve straight to Berehove after which it continues on south-east along the Hungarian border towards Romania. A regional highway of a state importance P54 branches away from E58/81 in Berehove towards the Hungarian border and in the Astei municipality is going through a border checkpoint traveling towards Jánd (Hungary). From Berehove also originates a national highway that traveling through Vynohradiv heads towards Khust, connecting to H09.

Beside the Astei checkpoint there two others of local importance located in the western portion of the district, one in the Koson municipality, another one in the Batrad.

Out of local highways through the district run such highways as T0714, T0707, T0715, T0731, T0717. The biggest local highway is T0707 which runs through most of the district.

Railroads

There are six railroad stations out of which the stations in Batyovo and Berehove are the biggest. The station Batyovo, in fact, is situated at the intersection connecting such important cities of the region as Chop, Mukacheve, and Berehove.

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "About number and composition population of ZAKARPATTIA REGION by data All-Ukrainian population census '2001".

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