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Irshava

Irshava
Іршава
Irshava skyline
Irshava skyline
Flag of Irshava
Coat of arms of Irshava
Irshava is located in Zakarpattia Oblast
Irshava
Irshava
Location of Irshava
Irshava is located in Ukraine
Irshava
Irshava
Irshava (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°18′00″N 23°03′00″E / 48.30000°N 23.05000°E / 48.30000; 23.05000
Country Ukraine
OblastZakarpattia Oblast
RaionKhust Raion
HromadaIrshava urban hromada
Founded1341
Incorporated1982
Government
 • MayorStepan Bobyk
Elevation
134 m (440 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
9,163
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
90100
Area code+380-3144
ClimateCfb
Websitehttp://irshava.com.ua/

Irshava (Ukrainian: Іршава, IPA: [irˈʃɑwɐ] ; Hungarian: Ilosva) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It was the administrative center of Irshava Raion (district) until it was abolished in 2020 and was merged with Khust Raion. Today, the population is 9,163 (2022 estimate).[1]

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]

History

The Hasidic Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum (later of Satmar) lived in Irshava twice, between 1911 and 1914, and again between 1922 and 1925. He established a yeshiva there.

A local newspaper is published here since October 1946.[3]

City since September 1982. In January 1989 the population was 9873 people.[4][5]

Demographics

In 2001, population was 10,515. It included:[6]

Native language in 2001:[7]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ JewishGen Locality Page - Irshava, Ukraine
  3. ^ № 2752. «Новая жизнь» = «Нове життя» // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.361
  4. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. ^ Иршава // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.505
  6. ^ About number and composition population of ZAKARPATTIA REGION by data All-Ukrainian population census '2001 Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ All-Ukrainian population census