Barvinok (Ukraine)

Barvinok (Ukrainian: Барвінок, Hungarian: Börvinges) is a village in the Uzhhorodskyi Raion in the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It is located 6 km southeast of Uzhhorod.

Flag of Ukraine.svg Барвінок
Flag of Hungary.svg Börvinges
Coordinates: 48°34′04″N 22°20′58″E / 48.56778°N 22.34944°E / 48.56778; 22.34944Coordinates: 48°34′04″N 22°20′58″E / 48.56778°N 22.34944°E / 48.56778; 22.34944
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
OblastFlag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg Zakarpattia Oblast
RaionUzhorodskyj rayon prapor.png Uzhhorodskyi Raion
Area
 • Total0,003 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total656
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)

History

Barvinok and its surroundings were inhabited even in prehistoric times. Flaked stone tools were discovered nearby.

The settlement itself was a farmstead established in the 19th century. Its first written mention dates back to 1863 under the name Bervingos. It was a suburban settlement of Baranyntsi, and until 2020 it belonged to it administratively.[1]

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