Mizhhiria (; ; ) is a
rural settlement
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in
Khust Raion
Khust Raion (; ) is a raion (district) in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Khust. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was re ...
,
Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
, western
Ukraine
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. The town is also the administrative center of
Mizhhiria Raion
Mizhhiria Raion () was a raion of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Mizhhiria. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Khust Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the a ...
(
district
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), housing the district's local administration buildings. The town's population was 9,656 as of the
2001 Ukrainian Census
The 2001 Ukrainian census is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.[Kingdom of Hungary
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(from the 11th century to 1918 and from 1938 to 1944) as the settlement of ''Ökörmező'' in the
Máramaros County
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and Ökörmező District. From 1918 to 1938, the settlement was a part of
Czechoslovakia
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as ''Volove'' (However
Ruthenians
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used Mežhorje).
In 1947, its status was upgraded to that of an
urban-type settlement
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.
[ It was renamed "Mizhhiria" in 1953.
On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Mizhhiria became a rural settlement.]
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file:Synagogue in Mizhhiria (Volove, Okormezo).jpg, Synagogue
Rural settlements in Khust Raion
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