Velyki Berehy | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Zakarpattia Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Berehove Raion |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Zakarpattia Oblast |
Coordinates: | 48.125°N 22.7106°W |
Veliki Berehi or Velyki Berehy (uk|Великі Береги, Hungarian Nagybereg) is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located around 10km (10miles) northeast of Berehove, on the right bank of the rivulet Borzsova, and on the eastern side of the loch Szernye. Administratively, the village belongs to the Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. Historically, the name originates in the Hungarian berek and was first mentioned as Beregu.
In 1910, it had a population of 2,133, mostly Hungarians., the population includes 2,674 inhabitants, of which 2,240 (80 percent) are Hungarians.