Koreiz

Koreiz
Кореїз
Flag of Koreiz
Coat of arms of Koreiz
Koreiz is located in Ukraine
Koreiz
Koreiz
Location of Koreiz within the Crimea
Koreiz is located in Crimea
Koreiz
Koreiz
Koreiz (Crimea)
Coordinates: 44°25′59″N 34°5′14″E / 44.43306°N 34.08722°E / 44.43306; 34.08722
RepublicCrimea
MunicipalityYalta Municipality
Local councilKoreiz
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total5,455
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK)
Postal code
98670 — 98675
Area code+380-654
ClimateCfa
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Koreiz (Ukrainian: Кореїз, Russian: Кореиз, Crimean Tatar: Koreiz) is an urban-type settlement lying south-west of Yalta in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. The name of the town means "villages" in Greek (χωρεία, chorèa). Koreiz absorbed the nearby spa of Miskhor in 1958. Population: 5,455 (2014 Census).[1]

Koreiz has arguably become best known as the site of two palaces:

  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.