Shom
| Shom | |||
| Шом | |||
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| Oblast : | Zakarpattia Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Berehove district | ||
| Height : | 107 m | ||
| Area : | 1.1 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,091 (2004) | ||
| Population density : | 992 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 90231 | ||
| Area code : | +380 3141 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 17 ' N , 22 ° 26' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 2120484001 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 2 villages | ||
| Mayor : | Atilla Hehedjusch | ||
| Address: | вул. Головна 97 90 220 с. Шом |
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Shom (Ukrainian and Russian Шом - until 1995 Деренковец (Derenkowez); Hungarian (Bereg-) Som , Slovak Šom ) is a village in Berehove district in the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine and is located northwest of Berehove .
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1272 as Sumy and is mostly inhabited by around 1000 inhabitants of Hungarian descent on an area of 1.2 km².
Until 1919 the place belonged to the Empire Austria-Hungary or Hungary , afterwards as part of the Carpathian-Ukraine to Czechoslovakia . With the annexation it came back to Hungary in 1938–1945, from 1945 the place is part of the Soviet Union and since 1991 part of the Ukraine. The place forms together with the neighboring village Kaschtanowo (Каштаново) a district council.
During the Soviet era the place was renamed Derenkowez (Деренковець), this name was changed back to your historical name on April 1, 1995.