Berehove Raion

The **Berehove Raion** (, ) is a destrict (raion) in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in the wastmaist corner o Ukraine. The main ceety an admeenistrative centre is Berehove. For ower hauf o millennium the territory o the destrict wis pairt o Bereg Coonty.

## Location
The destrict covers  an composes aboot 5.5% territory o the region. It is locatit at the sooth-wastren portion o the region on the border wi Hungary. The destrict borders wi such destricts o the region as Mukachevo, Uzhhorod, Irshava, an Vynohradove an aw.

Throu the destrict flow three rivers Tisza, Borzhava, an Salva. Maist o the territory is a open plain wi some elevation at its north-eastren portion, closer tae the Carpathie ridges.

## Demographics
Accordin tae the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the population o Berehivskyi Raion wis 54,614(), which is aboot 4% o the Zakarpattia region population. Aboot 50,000 reside in a landwart aurie.

Awtho ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine are in majority here (76.1%), ethnic groups are relatively numerous in Berehove Raion. The lairgest o these are Ruthenes (18.8%), Roushies (0.7%), Romani (4.1%).

## Admeenistrative diveesion
The Berehove destrict (raion) consists o ane toun municipality an 30 landwart municipalities, aw o which hae their respective admeenistrative cooncils (rada) an aw. The admeenistrative centre o the destrict is situatit in the ceety o Berehovo which is no pairt o the destrict admeenistration. The ceety o Berehovo wis designatit intae a special ceety municipality o regional significance in 2001. Some o the municipalities o the destrict consist o several dounsets, maistly landwart.

Note that maist o the dounsets regained their oreeginal Hungarian names syne the Ukrainian unthirldom. Some dounsets' names end wi *o*, unlike athin the Ukrainian grammar which requires endin *e*. Those names are tradeetional an in the local Ukrainian dialect.

**Admeenistrative centre:** Berehovo (Beregszász)

**Toun municipality:** Batiovo (Batyu)

**Landwart municipalities:**

* Astei (Luzhenka atween 1945-1991, Asztély)
* Badalovo (Badaló)
* Batrad (Bótrágy), combines twa veelages Betrad an Horonhlab (Dzvinkoje atween 1920-1938, Kisharangláb)
* Bene (Dobrosillya atween 1945-1991, Bene)
* Berehuifalu (Nove Selo atween 1920-1938 an 1944-1991, Beregújfalu)
* Borzhava (Velka Borshava atween 1920-1938, Nagyborzsova)
* Vary (Variova atween 1920-1938, Mezővári)
* Velyka Bakta (Nagybakta)
* Velyki Berehy (Brehy atween 1920-1938, Nagybereg)
* Velyka Biyhan (Nagybégány), combines veelages o Velyka Biyhan and Mala Biyhan (Kisbégány)
* Halabor (Bodoliv, atween 1945-1991, Halábor)
* Hat (Gát), combines veelages o Hat an Chikosh-Horonda (Čikosgorondov Dvor atween 1920-1938 an 1944-1945, Csikósgorond)
* Hecha (Mezőgecse)
* Hut (Harazdivka atween 1945-1991, Gút)
* Dyida (Beregdéda)
* Zapson (Zastavnoje 1945-1991, Zápszony)
* Kvasovo (Kovászó)
* Kidyosh (Zmiyivka atween 1945-1991, Kigyós)
* Koson (Kosyno atween 1945-1995, Mezőkaszony)
* Mochola (Macsola), combines veelages o Mochola an Hunyadi (Hunyadi)
* Muzhiyevo (Nagymuzsaly)
* Nyzhni Remety (Alsóremete), combines veelages o Nyzhni Remety an Verkni Remety (Felsőremete)
* Orosiyevo (Sárosoroszi)
* Popovo (Csonkapapi), combines veelages o Popovo, Male Popovo (Gašparov Dvor atween 1920-1938 an 1944-1945, Sonyachne atween 1945-1991, Tiszatanya or Papitanya), an Heten (Hetin atween 1920-1938 an 1944-1945, Lypove atween 1945-1991, Hetyen)
* Rafainovo (Rafajna Nové Selo atween 1920-1938 an 1944-1945, Rafajnaújfalu)
* Svoboda (Vel'ky Bakos atween 1920-1938 an 1944-1945, Nagybakos), combines veelages o Svoboda, Badiv (Badótanya), Bakosh (Kisbakos), an Danylivka (Danilovka)
* Chetfalva (Chetovo atween 1945-1991, Csetfalva)
* Choma (Tiszacsoma)
* Shom (Derenkovets atween 1945-1991, Beregsom), combines veelages o Shom an Kashtanovo (Vel'ky Dvor atween 1920-1938 an 1944-1945, Vadastanya)
* Yanoshi (Janosovo atween 1920-1938, Ivanivka atween 1945-1991, Makkosjánosi), combines veelages o Yanoshi an Balazher (Blazhejovo atween 1920-1938 an 1944-1945, Dzvinkoye atween 1945-1991, Balazsér)

Note: Hungarian name o places are gien in parenthesis.

## Transportation

;Heich-gates
Throu the destrict runs ane o the European route which in fact consists o twa different anes  an . The heich-gate runs frae the north frae Mukacheve straicht tae Berehove efter which it continues on sooth-east alang the Hungarian border towards Romanie. A regional heich-gate o a state importance  branches awa frae E58/81 in Berehove towards the Hungarian border an in the Astei municipality is goin throu a border checkpoint travelin towards Jánd (Hungary). Frae Berehove oreeginates a naitional heich-gate  an aw that travelin throu Vynohradiv heids towards Khust, connectin tae H09.

Beside the Astei checkpoint thare twa ithers o local importance locatit in the wastren portion o the destrict, ane in the Koson municipality, anither ane in the Batrad.

Oot o local heich-gates throu the destrict run such heich-gates as T0714, T0707, T0715, T0731, T0717. The biggest local heich-gate is  which runs throu maist o the destrict.

;Railroads
Thare are sax railwey stations oot o which the stations in Batyovo an Berehove are the biggest. The station Batyovo, in fact, is situatit at the intersection connectin such important ceeties o the region as Chop, Mukacheve, an Berehove.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Zakarpattia Census Results (2001) 
* Administrative division of Berehovo Raion (at Verkhovna Rada website)