Molnytsia (; ) is a commune (

selsoviet A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: *The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area. *The territorial subdivision administered ...

) in Chernivtsi Raion,

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast (), also referred to as Chernivechchyna (), is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the historical regions of Bukovina and Bessarabia. It has an international border with Romania and Moldo ...

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 ...

. It is composed of a single village, Molnytsia, and belongs to Hertsa urban hromada, one of the

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 of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Molnytsia belonged to Hertsa Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Hertsa Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion. In 2001, 96.97% of the inhabitants spoke Romanian as their native language, while 2,32% spoke Ukrainian.

Natives

* Gheorghe Amihalachioaie (born 1949), Moldovan lawyer and politician * Mihai Amihalachioaie (1961–2024), Moldovan accordionist and conductor * (1937–1994), journalist, poet and translator * (born 1948), activist and poet

References

Villages in Chernivtsi Raion {{Chernivtsi-geo-stub