Berehove, Yalta Municipality, Crimea

Berehove (Ukrainian: Берегове; Russian: Береговое; Crimean Tatar: Kastropol from Greek: Καστρόπολις, romanized: Kastròpolis, lit.'castle-city') is an urban-type settlement[a] in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[2]

Berehove
Берегове
Crimean Mountains and nature near Berehove
Crimean Mountains and nature near Berehove
Berehove is located in Crimea
Berehove
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Location of Berehove in Crimea
Coordinates: 44°24′28″N 33°52′06″E / 44.40778°N 33.86833°E / 44.40778; 33.86833
RepublicCrimea
MunicipalityYalta Municipality
Town status1971
Government
  MayorKryrylo Kostenko
Area
  Total
0.2685 km2 (0.1037 sq mi)
Elevation77 m (253 ft)
Population
 (2014)
  Total
374
  Density1,390/km2 (3,610/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK)
Postal code
98687
Area code+380 654
ClimateCfa / Csa

Berehove is located on Crimea's southern shore at an elevation of 77 metres (253 ft).[1] The settlement is located 10.5 km (6.5 mi) west from Simeiz, which it is administratively subordinate to.[2] Its population was 478 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2] Current population: 374 (2014 Census).[3]

Demographics

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According to the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Berehove had a population of 478 inhabitants. It is estimated that Ukrainians constitute a majority in the settlement, followed by a large ethnic Russian minority and smaller Belarusian and Crimean Tatar communities. The majority of all non-Russian ethnic groups in the town speaks the Russian language as their primary tongue, with the only exception being the Crimean Tatar community.[4] The exact native language composition was as follows:[5]

First languages in Berehove
percent
Russian
77.2%
Ukrainian
21.8%
Belarusian
0.4%
Crimean Tatar
0.2%
others
0.4%

Notes

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  1. Since the abolishment of urban-type settlements in Ukraine in 2023, it is de jure a rural settlement.

References

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  1. 1 2 "Berehove (Crimea region)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Berehove, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, City of Yalta". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  4. "Языковый состав населения" [Linguistic composition of the population]. sf.ukrstat.gov.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-08-28.
  5. "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" [Native Languages in the United Territorial Communities of Ukraine]. socialdata.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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