Mishhirja

Mishhirja

Міжгір'я

Mishhirja

Basic data

Oblast :

Zakarpattia Oblast

Rajon :

Mishhirja Rajon

Height :

430 m

Area :

6.63 km²

Residents :

9,421 (2004)

Population density :

1,421 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

90000

Area code :

+380 3146

Geographic location :

48 ° 32 ' N , 23 ° 30' E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '44 " N , 23 ° 30' 1" E

KOATUU :

2122455100

Administrative structure :

1 urban-type settlement

Mayor :

Vasyl Shchur

Address:

вул. Шевченка 77
90,000 смт. Міжгір'я

Statistical information

Mishhirja

Mishhirja ( Ukrainian Міжгір'я ; Russian Межгорье Meschgorje , Hungarian Ökörmező , Slovak Volové ) is the name of an urban-type settlement in the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine . The Carpathian town is located east of the district capital Uzhhorod on the Rika , a tributary of the Tisza , and is the administrative center of the Mishhirja district .

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history

In 1415 the place is mentioned for the first time in writing as Ukurmezew , until 1953 it was called Wolowe (Ukrainian Волове) or Russian Wolowo / Волово, the Hungarian name Ökörmező is the analogous translation and means "Ochsenwiese" in German. On May 30, 1947, Mishhirja, which had previously only existed as a village, was elevated to an urban-type settlement.

There is a 19th century Greek Catholic church in the parish.

The local synagogue, which existed in 1920

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