Bolhrad Raion (; ) is 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. It is part of the historical region of

Bessarabia Bessarabia () is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region covering the southern coa ...

. Its administrative center is the town of

Bolhrad Bolhrad (, ; ; , ) is a small city in Odesa Oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, in the historical region of Budjak. It is the administrative center of Bolhrad Raion (district) and hosts the administration of Bolhrad urban hromada, one of ...

. Population: 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 Artsyz (, ; ; ; or ; or ) is a city in Bolhrad Raion of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Artsyz urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: In 2001, population was 16,370. In 2001, the city of Artsyz was 66 ...

and

Tarutyne Raion Tarutyne Raion ( ) was a raion (Administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative division) in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. It was in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia and its administrative seat was Tarutyne. The ...

s, were merged into Bolhrad Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Administrative division

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 10

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: * Artsyz urban hromada with the administration in the city of

, transferred from Artsyz Raion; * Bessarabske settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Bessarabske, transferred from Tarutyne Raion; * Bolhrad urban hromada with the administration in the city of

, retained from Bolhrad Raion; * Budzhak settlement hromada with the administration in the

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

Budzhak Budjak, also known as Budzhak, is a historical region that was part of Bessarabia from 1812 to 1940. Situated along the Black Sea, between the Danube and Dniester rivers, this multi-ethnic region covers an area of and is home to approximatel ...

, transferred from Tarutyne Raion; * Horodnie rural hromada with the administration in the

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

of Horodnie, retained from Bolhrad Raion; * Krynychne rural hromada with the administration in the village of Krynychne, retained from Bolhrad Raion; * Kubei rural hromada with the administration in the village of Kubei, retained from Bolhrad Raion; * Pavlivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Pavlivka, transferred from Artsyz Raion; * Teplytsia rural hromada with the administration in the village of Teplytsia, transferred from Artsyz Raion; * Vasylivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Vasylivka, retained from Bolhrad Raion.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of five hromadas, * 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

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