Biliaivka Raion () was a
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...
(district) in
Odesa Oblast
Odesa Oblast (), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Ode ...
of
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
. Its administrative center was the city of
Biliaivka
Biliaivka (, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the left bank of the Turunchuk River. Lake Safi ...
, which had a status of the
city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into
Odesa Raion
Odesa Raion () or Odessa Raion () is a List of raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 17 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. Biliaivka Raion, Biliaivka Municipality, Bili ...
on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. According to the 2001 census, the majority of the population of Bileaiivka district was Ukrainian -speaking (80.26%), with Russian (16.87%) and Romanian (1.26%) speakers in the minority. The last estimate of the raion population was
Until 2016, the city of Biliaivka was part of Biliaivka Raion. On 28 January 2016, Biliaivka was designated the city of oblast significance, though it remained the center of the raion.
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of seven
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s:
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Dachne rural hromada with the administration in the
selo of
Dachne;
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Maiaky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Maiaky;
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Nerubaiske rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Nerubaiske;
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Usatove rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Usatove;
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Velykyi Dalnyk rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Velykyi Dalnyk;
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Vyhoda rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Vyhoda;
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Yasky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Yasky.
References
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Former raions of Odesa Oblast
1923 establishments in the Soviet Union
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
History of Odesa Raion