Berehove
City in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine
Berehove (Ukrainian: Берегове, pronounced [ˈbɛreɦowe]; Hungarian: Beregszász, pronounced [ˈbɛrɛksaːs]) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated near the border with Hungary.
It is the cultural centre of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, and Hungarians constitute roughly half (a plurality) of its population.
The city serves as the administrative center of Berehove Raion. It has a population of 23,325 (2022 estimate).
Name
The city name is derived from the word "bereg", which means "river bank" in many Slavic languages. It has many different variations of spelling its name: Romanian: Bereg, Rusyn: Берегово (translit. Berehovo), Russian: Берегово (translit. Beregovo), Belarusian: Берагава (Łacinka Bierahava), Czech and Slovak: Berehovo, Yiddish: בערעגסאז, Beregsaz, German: Bergsaß, Polish: Bereg Saski.
Residents of Berehove voted on October 31, 2010, in a referendum on renaming the town to Beregszász, its Hungarian-language name.
“Berehove” enters the record as city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Berehove, City and Zakarpattia can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q146497. VIAF identifies the subject as 151281828. The Library of Congress control number is no2016171812. Authority coordinates are 48.203, 22.637. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022 and 2010.
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