| Conventional Long Name: | Bereg County |
| Common Name: | Bereg |
| Subdivision: | County |
| Nation: | the Kingdom of Hungary (13th century-1544) County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (1544-1570) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1570-1621) County of the Principality of Transylvania (1621-1629) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1629-1645) County of the Principality of Transylvania (1645-1648) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1648-1923, 1940-1945) |
| Year Start: | 13th century |
| Event1: | Treaty of Trianon |
| Date Event1: | 4 June 1920 |
| Event2: | Merged into Szatmár-Ugocsa-Bereg County |
| Date Event2: | 1923 |
| Event3: | Merged into Bereg-Ugocsa County (First Vienna Award) |
| Date Event3: | 2 November 1938 |
| Event4: | County recreated (Second Vienna Award) |
| Date Event4: | 30 August 1940 |
| Date End: | 1945 |
| Capital: | Munkács
|
| Stat Area1: | 3786 |
| Stat Pop1: | 236611 |
| Stat Year1: | 1910 |
| Today: | Ukraine (3,327 km2) Hungary (459 km2) |
| Footnotes: | Mukachevo
|
Bereg (rue|Береґ;) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now mostly in western Ukraine and a smaller part in northeastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Beregszász ("Berehove" in Ukrainian, Berehovo in Rusyn, Bergsaß in German, Beregovo in Russian, Bereg in Romanian).
Bereg county shared borders with the Austrian crownland Galicia (now in Poland and Ukraine) and the Hungarian counties Máramaros, Ugocsa, Szatmár, Szabolcs and Ung. It was situated between the Carpathian Mountains in the north and the river Tisza in the south. Its area was 3788 km2 around 1910.
Bereg is one of the oldest counties in Hungary. In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned most of the territory to Czechoslovakia. The southwestern part remained in Hungary and the county of Szatmár-Ugocsa-Bereg was created in 1923.
Following the First Vienna Award Szatmár County was recreated, thus Bereg-Ugocsa county was created with Beregszász as capital. In 1939, after the breakup of Czechoslovakia the complete county was occupied and annexed by Hungary, however the redeemed territories of the former county remained separate as the administrative branch offices of Bereg.
After the Second Vienna Award, the county was recreated again.
After World War II, most of the territory of Bereg county became part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian SSR, Zakarpattia Oblast. The remainder was merged into the newly formed Szatmár-Bereg County. In 1950 it became part of Szabolcs-Szatmár County, which was renamed in 1990 to Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.
Since 1991, when the Soviet Union split up, the Zakarpattya region is part of Ukraine.
In 1900, the county had a population of 208,589 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
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According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
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In 1910, the county had a population of 236,611 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
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According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
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In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Bereg county were:
| Districts (járás) | ||
|---|---|---|
| District | Capital | |
| Alsóverecke | Alsóverecke, (Ukrainian: Nyzhni Vorota, Rusyn: Nyzhn'ŷ Verec'kŷ) | |
| Felvidék | Ilosva, (Ukrainian: Irshava, Rusyn: Yrshava) | |
| Latorca | Oroszvég, (Ukrainian: Rosvegove, Rusyn: Rosvyhovo part of Mukachevo) | |
| Mezőkaszony | Mezőkaszony, (Ukrainian: Koson', Rusyn: Koson') | |
| Munkács | Munkács, (Ukrainian: Mukacheve, Rusyn: Mukachovo) | |
| Szolyva | Szolyva, (Ukrainian: Svaliava, Rusyn: Svaliava) | |
| Tiszahát | Beregszász, (Ukrainian: Berehove, Rusyn: Berehovo) | |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | ||
| Beregszász, (Ukrainian: Berehove, Rusyn: Berehovo) | ||
| Munkács, (Ukrainian: Mukacheve, Rusyn: Mukachovo) | ||
All the towns mentioned are now in Ukraine.