Berehove

Name

Administrative division

Climate

Demographics

• 48.1% Hungarians 12.8 thousands
• 38.9% Ukrainians 10.3 thousands
• 6.4% Romani people 1.7 thousands
• 5.4% Russians 1.5 thousands

Notable citizens

• Rabbi Hugo Gryn was born here on June 25, 1930 and became well known as a broadcaster in Britain.
• The parents of Nobel Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman lived there before emigrating to the United States.
• Julius Rebek, American chemist and expert on molecular self-assembly was born here.
• Csaba Czébely, the drummer of Hungarian heavy metal band Pokolgép.
• Géza Kalocsay, former Hungarian and Czechoslovak footballer, football manager e.g. Standard Liège, FK Partizan, Górnik Zabrze.
• Aranka Siegal is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982.
• Andrea Bocskor , politician who in the 2014 European Parliament election in Hungary was elected into the European Parliament. Hence, Bocskor became the first elected Ukrainian citizen in the European Parliament.
• Yoram Chaiter, physician and cancer researcher was born in the city.
• Hungarian voice actor was born in Berehove.
• Sári Fedák, Hungarian actress and singer was born here.
• Alen Panov, Ukrainian diplomat, lawyer and professor of Uzhhorod National University

  International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

• Przeworsk, Poland
• Satu Mare, Romania
• Gödöllő, Hungary