Berehomet

Berehomet (Romanian: Bеrhomet pe Siret, German: Berhometh, Ukrainian: Берегомет), is an urban-type settlement in Vyzhnytsia Raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The town lies on the Siret River. At the 2001 census, the town's population was 8,513.[2] Current population: 7,717 (2015 est.)[3]

Berehomet Берегомет Bеrhomet pe Siret • Berhometh
Urban-type settlement
Saint George's Church
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Coordinates: 48°09′25″N 25°18′20″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernivtsi Oblast
District	Vyzhnytsia Raion
Town status	1963
Government
• Town Head	Mykhailo Andronik
Elevation [1]	467 m (1,532 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	7,717
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	59233
Area code	+380 3730
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

One village is administered by the town, Zarichchya (Заріччя; Zaricicea).

People from Berehomet

• 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

1. "Berehomet (Chernivtsi Oblast, Vyzhnytsia Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 January 2012.
2. "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.
3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.