Irshava

Irshava (Ukrainian: Іршава, Yiddish: אורשיווא‎) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Irshava Raion (district).

Irshava

Іршава
City of district significance
Irshava skyline
Coat of arms
Irshava
Location of Irshava
Irshava
Irshava (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°18′00″N 23°03′00″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
RaionIrshava Raion
Founded1341
Incorporated1982
Government
 • MayorStepan Bobyk
Elevation
134 m (440 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total9,259
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
90100
Area code(s)+380-3144
ClimateCfb
Websitehttp://irshava.com.ua/

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.[1]

History

A local newspaper is published here since October 1946.[2]

City since September 1982. In January 1989 the population was 9873 people.[3][4]

Demographics

In 2001, population was 10,515. It included:[5]

Native language in 2001:[6]

Today, the population is 9,259 (2020 est.)[7] .

Natives
  • Ivanna Bagová (born 1993) – Slovak singer, winner of The Voice of Czecho Slovakia
  • Rabbi Gruenberger Yaacov [active in Prague Jewish Town Alt-neu Schul synagogue, studied in yeshiva situated of Trnava]
  • Irshava railway station
  • Former Great Synagogue, later - the old club
  • Jewish cemetery in Irshava

See also

Zakarpattia Oblast

References
  1. JewishGen Locality Page - Irshava, Ukraine
  2. № 2752. «Новая жизнь» = «Нове життя» // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.361
  3. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  4. Иршава // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.505
  5. About number and composition population of ZAKARPATTIA REGION by data All-Ukrainian population census '2001 Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. All-Ukrainian population census
  7. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.


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