Vylok

Vylok (Ukrainian: Вилок; Hungarian: Tiszaújlak) (formerly Ukrainian: Уйлок) is an urban-type settlement in Vynohradiv Raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (region) in western Ukraine.[2] Today, the population is 3,136 (2021 est.)[3].

Vylok
Вилок
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°06′53″N 22°49′55″E
Country Ukraine
Province Zakarpattia Oblast
District Vynohradiv Raion
Established1200
Town status1959
Government
 • Town HeadYosyp Kilb (József Kilb)
Elevation
[1]
118 m (387 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 3,136
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
90351
Area code+380 3143
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

The village is located around 15 (by rail) / 16 (by highway)[2] km of Vynohradiv, and 22 km of Berehove along the right bank of the river Tisza.

History

Urban-type settlement since 1959. In 1968, its population was 3.5 thousand people, there were a lumber mill and a shoe factory.[4]

Population was 3,422 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] 80% of its population was Hungarian and mayor was Yosyp Kilb (József Kilb).

See also
  • Korolevo, the other urban-type settlement in Vynohradiv Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast

References
  1. "Vylok (Zakarpattia Oblast, Vynohradiv Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. "Vylok, Zakarpattia Oblast, Vynohradiv Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  4. Вилок // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 5. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1971.
  • Synagogue
  • The building of the Tiszaújlak Business Bank in 1911
  • Memorial plaque to the heroes of the 1703-1711 War of Independence led by Ferenc Rákóczi on the wall of the former salt house


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