Artsyz Raion

Artsyzskyi Raion
Арцизький район
Flag of Artsyzskyi Raion
Coat of arms of Artsyzskyi Raion
Coordinates: 45°55′N 29°16′E / 45.917°N 29.267°E / 45.917; 29.267
Country Ukraine
Region Odesa Oblast
Established1967
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerArtsyz
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   0 — settlement councils
  • 17 — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   0 — urban-type settlements
  • 25 — villages
  •   1 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorMalev Oleksandr
Area
 • Total
1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
Decrease 43,774
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index
68400—68454
Area code+380 4845

Artsyz Raion (Ukrainian: Арцизький район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It was part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center was the city of Artsyz. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Artsyz Raion was merged into Bolhrad Raion.[1][2] According to the 2001 census, there population was composed of speakers of Russian (42.79%), Bulgarian (33.98%), Ukrainian (18.24%), Romanian (3.08%) and Gagauz (0.83%).[3][4] The last estimate of the raion population was 45,774 (2020 est.).[5]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[6]

References

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
  4. ^ https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/languages-raions
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Арцизька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.