Irshava

Irshava (Ukrainian: Іршава, Yiddish: אורשיווא‎) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Irshava Raion (district). Population: 9,245 (2016 est.)[1].

Irshava

Іршава
City of district significance
Irshava skyline
Coat of arms
Irshava
Location of Irshava
Irshava
Irshava (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°18′00″N 23°03′00″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
RaionIrshava Raion
Founded1341
Incorporated1982
Government
 • MayorStepan Bobyk
Elevation
134 m (440 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total9,245
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
90100
Area code(s)+380-3144
ClimateCfb
Websitehttp://irshava.com.ua/

Names

There are several alternative names used for this city: Rusyn: Иршава, Russian: Иршава, Hungarian: Ilosva, German: Irschawa, Slovak: Iršava, Romanian: Iloșva, Polish: Irszawa, and Yiddish: Orsheve‎.[2]

Demographics

In 2001, population was 10,515. It included:[3]

Native language in 2001:[4]

Natives
  • Ivanna Bagová (born 1993) – Slovak singer, winner of The Voice of Czecho Slovakia

Rabbi Gruenberger Yaacov [active in Prague Jewish Town Alt-neu Schul synagogue, studied in yeshiva situated of Trnava]

gollark: From my limited trek knowledge they just sit there doing nothing.
gollark: Little-to-no material scarcity doesn't mean there's not anything people want which isn't free.A relevant question is why lots of jobs shown in some of the nanofics aren't done by nonsophont AIs, though.
gollark: For all people's talk about destroying the planet, they are quite hard to get rid of.
gollark: Oh, plus more ability to do weirdness.
gollark: There are lots of people we'd consider "weird" on Earth, and that's with a thousandth or whatever of the population.

See also
  • Irshava railway station
  • Former Great Synagogue, later - the old club
  • Jewish cemetery in Irshava

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. JewishGen Locality Page - Irshava, Ukraine
  3. About number and composition population of ZAKARPATTIA REGION by data All-Ukrainian population census '2001 Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. All-Ukrainian population census


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