Berehove Raion Берегівський район | |
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| Coordinates:48°12′3.17″N22°38′2.64″E / 48.2008806°N 22.6340667°E /48.2008806; 22.6340667 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Zakarpattia Oblast |
| Established | November 9, 1953 |
| Admin. center | Berehove |
| Subdivisions | 10 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ihor Svyshcho |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,458.7 km2 (563.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 206,696 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 90200 |
| Area code | ? |
| Website | bereg-rda |
Berehove Raion (Ukrainian:Берегівський район;Hungarian:Beregszászi járás) is araion (district) inZakarpattia Oblast, in the westernmost corner ofUkraine. The administrative center isBerehove. For many centuries the territory of the district was part ofBereg County. Population:206,696 (2022 estimate).[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Berehove Raion was significantly expanded.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was50,196 (2020 est.).[5]
The district covers 1,458.7 km2 (563.2 sq mi). It is located in theHungarian plain at the south-western portion of the region on the border withHungary. The district also borders with such districts of the region as Mukachevo, Uzhhorod and Khust. It also borders withRomania from south-east after annexing abolishedVynohradiv Raion due to administrative reform of Ukraine.
Through the district flow three riversTisza,Borzhava, andSalva. Most of the territory is an open plain with some elevation at its north-eastern portion, closer to theCarpathian ridges.
According to the2001 Ukrainian Census, the population of Berehivskyi Raion is 54,614[6] (as of 2004[update]), which is about 4% of theZakarpattia region population. About 50,000 reside in a rural area.
Although ethnicHungarians are in majority here (76.1%), otherethnic groups are relatively numerous in Berehove Raion. The largest of these areUkrainians (18.8%),Russians (0.7%), andRomani (4.1%).
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 witho, unlike within the Ukrainian grammar which requires endinge. 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 parentheses.
Through the district runs one of theEuropean route which in fact consists of two different ones
and
. The highway runs from the north fromMukacheve straight to Berehove after which it continues on south-east along the Hungarian border towardsRomania. Aregional highway of a state importanceP54 branches away from E58/81 in Berehove towards the Hungarian border and in the Astei municipality is going through aborder checkpoint traveling towardsJánd (Hungary). From Berehove also originates a national highway
that traveling throughVynohradiv heads towardsKhust, 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 isT0707 which runs through most of the district.
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 asChop,Mukacheve, andBerehove.
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