{{short description|Rural locality in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Berehomet | native_name = {{lang|uk|Берегомет}} | other_name = | settlement_type = Rural settlement | image_skyline = Берегомет Юріївська церква.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Saint George's Church | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Chernivtsi Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Berehomet in Ukraine | coordinates = {{coord|48|09|25|N|25|18|20|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Chernivtsi Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Vyzhnytsia Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Berehomet settlement hromada | established_title = Town status | established_date = 1963 | leader_party = | leader_title = Town Head | leader_name = Serhiy Bodnaryuk | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 19.6 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Berehomet (Chernivtsi Oblast, Vyzhnytsia Raion)|url=http://weather.in.ua/ua/chernovickaja/883|work=weather.in.ua|accessdate=20 January 2012|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> | elevation_m = 467 | population_footnotes = <ref name="berhomet">{{cite web |url= https://rada.info/upload/users_files/04416996/f3ca7723d7eb1235bd4adb4677f79215.pdf|title= 2024 рік Інвестиційний паспорт Берегометської територіальної громади|page=9|language=uk|accessdate=2026-05-07}}</ref> | population_total = 7588 | population_as_of = 2024 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 59233 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = +380 3730 | website = [http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=25.07.2008&rf7571=38803 http://rada.gov.ua/]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | footnotes = }}
'''Berehomet''' ({{langx|uk|Берегомет}}; {{langx|ro|Berhomet pe Siret}}; {{langx|de|Berhometh}}; {{langx|yi|בערעמעט|Berhomet}}) is a rural settlement in Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Berehomet settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_berehomet">{{cite web |title=Берегометская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/beregometska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref> The settlement lies on the Siret River. As of the 2001 census, the settlement's population was 8,513.<ref>{{cite web|title=Berehomet, Chernivtsi Oblast, Vyzhnytsia Raion|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=18.01.2012&rf7571=39024|work=Regions of Ukraine and their Structure|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|accessdate=20 January 2012|language=Ukrainian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007033054/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=18.01.2012&rf7571=39024|archivedate=7 October 2015}}</ref> Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|7,514|punct=}}, 7,588 (2024 estimate)<ref name="berhomet">{{cite web |url= https://rada.info/upload/users_files/04416996/f3ca7723d7eb1235bd4adb4677f79215.pdf|title= 2024 рік Інвестиційний паспорт Берегометської територіальної громади|page=9|language=uk|accessdate=2026-05-07}}</ref>.
One village is administered by the settlement, Zarichchia ({{Lang|uk|Заріччя}}).
The name of the rural settlement comes from the word ''berehomet'' {{langx|uk|берегомет}} - a place where the river bank is washed away by water<ref>{{cite book |last=В. П. |first=Тронько |year=1969 |chapter=БЕРЕГОМЕТ, ВИЖНИЦЬКИЙ РАЙОН, ЧЕРНІВЕЦЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ |chapter-url= https://ukrssr.com.ua/cherniv/vizhnitskiy/beregomet-vizhnitskiy |trans-chapter=BEREHOMET, VYZHNYTSIA RAION, CHERNIVTSI OBLAST |title=Чернівецька область |series= Історія міст і сіл Української РСР |language=uk |volume=25|publication-place=Київ |publisher= Голов. ред. УРЕ АН УРСР|access-date=2026-05-05}}</ref>.
==History==
The first mention of the village was in 1696.<ref name=esu/>
Starting in 1963, Berehomet was designated an urban-type settlement.<ref name=esu>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Берегомет |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine |publisher=NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-39236 |last=Бучек |first=М. С. |volume=2 |language=Ukrainian |isbn=978-966-02-2074-4}}</ref> This status lasted until 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Berehomet became a rural settlement.<ref name="glavnoe">{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |language=ru| date=1 January 2024}}</ref>
==Notable people== * Baron Alexander Wassilko von Serecki (1823-1893), governor of the Duchy of Bucovina and member of the ''Herrenhaus'' * Count Georg Wassilko von Serecki (1864-1940), governor of the Duchy of Bucovina and hereditary member of the ''Herrenhaus'' * Antin Kravs (1871-1945), Ukrainian Galician Army general. * Odarka Kyselytsia, Ukrainian landscape and portrait painter, Honored Artist of Ukraine (1997).
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Category:Rural settlements in Vyzhnytsia Raion Category:Bukovina Category:Populated places established in the 16th century