Bolhradskyi Raion
Болградський район
Raion
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Coat of arms of Bolhrad Raion
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Location of Bolhradskyi Raion
Coordinates: 45°46′N 28°48′E / 45.767°N 28.800°E / 45.767; 28.800
Country Ukraine
Oblast Odesa Oblast
Established1940
Admin. centerBolhrad
Subdivisions10 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorMyhaylo Sadakliev
Area
- since July 2020
 • Total4,518.02 km2 (1,744.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total144,377
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
68700—68752
Area code+380 4846
Websitehttps://bolgrad-rda.od.gov.ua/

Bolhrad Raion (Ukrainian: Болградський район; Romanian: Raionul Bolgrad) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is the town of Bolhrad. Population: 144,377 (2022 estimate).[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Odesa Oblast was reduced to seven and the area of Bolhrad Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Artsyz and Tarutyne Raions, were merged into Bolhrad Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 66,666 (2020 est.).[4]

Administrative division

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 10 hromadas:[3]

  • Artsyz urban hromada with the administration in the city of Artsyz, transferred from Artsyz Raion;[5]
  • Bolhrad urban hromada with the administration in the city of Bolhrad, retained from Bolhrad Raion;
  • Borodino settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Borodino, transferred from Tarutyne Raion;[6]
  • Horodnie rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Horodnie, retained from Bolhrad Raion;
  • Krynychne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Krynychne, retained from Bolhrad Raion;
  • Kubei rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kubei, retained from Bolhrad Raion;
  • Pavlivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pavlivka, transferred from Artsyz Raion;[5]
  • Tarutyne settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Tarutyne, transferred from Tarutyne Raion;[6]
  • Teplytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Teplytsia, transferred from Artsyz Raion;[5]
  • Vasylivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vasylivka, retained from Bolhrad Raion.

Before 2020

Bolhrad Raion in Odesa Oblast (1966-2020)

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of five hromadas,[7]

  • Bolhrad urban hromada with the administration in Bolhrad;
  • Horodnie rural hromada with the administration in Horodnie;
  • Krynychne rural hromada with the administration in Krynychne;
  • Kubei rural hromada with the administration in Kubei;
  • Vasylivka rural hromada with the administration in Vasylivka.

References

  1. 1 2 Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. 1 2 "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Арцизька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  6. 1 2 "Тарутинська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  7. ↑ "Болградська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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