Bedevlia

Village in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Bedevlia Бедевля 48°00′14″N 23°39′51″E / 48.00389°N 23.66417°E / 48.00389; 23.66417
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	Tiachiv Raion
Hromada	Bedevlia rural hromada
Population (2001)^[1]
• Total	3,971

Bedevlia (Ukrainian: Бедевля or Bedevlya, Hungarian: Bedőháza, Yiddish: בידעוולא or Bedevle, Romanian: Bedeu) is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. As of 2001^[update], its population was 3,971.^[1]

Geography

The village is located around 7 km south of Tiachiv. Administratively, the village belongs to the Tiachiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast.

History

Bedevlia was first mentioned in 1336 by the name of Bedeuhaza.

In 1336, Charles I of Hungary donated possession of the land boundary of Bedeuhaza to his royal servants the brothers Drag and Dragoş, the diploma refers to them as "servants of the king".^[2]

Bedőháza belonged to Máramaros County until the Treaty of Trianon of 1920.

Population

According to the official census of 2001, the population included 5423 inhabitants.

Gallery

Former synagogue
Jewish cemetery in Bedevlia

References

^ ^a ^b "2001 census results for Zakarpattia oblast". Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
^ Spinei, Victor. Moldavia in the 11th-14th Centuries.