Berehomet (Ukrainian: Берегомет; Romanian: Bеrhomet pe Siret; German: Berhometh) is a rural settlement in Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Berehomet settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] The settlement lies on the Siret River. As of the 2001 census, the settlement's population was 8,513.[4] Population: 7,514 (2022 estimate).[2]
Berehomet
Берегомет | |
|---|---|
 Saint George's Church | |
  Berehomet Location of Berehomet in Ukraine  Berehomet Berehomet (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°09′25″N 25°18′20″E / 48.15694°N 25.30556°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast |
| Raion | Vyzhnytsia Raion |
| Hromada | Berehomet settlement hromada |
| Town status | 1963 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Serhiy Bodnaryuk |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.6 km2 (7.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 467 m (1,532 ft) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 7,514 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 59233 |
| Area code | 380 3730 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/[permanent dead link] |
One village is administered by the settlement, Zarichchia (Заріччя).
History
editThe first mention of the village was in 1696.[5]
Starting in 1963, Berehomet was designated an urban-type settlement.[5] This status lasted until 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Berehomet became a rural settlement.[6]
Notable people
edit- Baron Alexander Wassilko von Serecki (1823-1893), governor of the Duchy of Bucovina and member of the Herrenhaus
- Count Georg Wassilko von Serecki (1864-1940), governor of the Duchy of Bucovina and hereditary member of the Herrenhaus
- Antin Kravs (1871-1945), Ukrainian Galician Army general.
- Odarka Kyselytsia, Ukrainian landscape and portrait painter, Honored Artist of Ukraine (1997).
References
edit- ^ "Berehomet (Chernivtsi Oblast, Vyzhnytsia Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Берегометская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Berehomet, Chernivtsi Oblast, Vyzhnytsia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ a b Бучек, М. С. "Берегомет". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 2. NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.