Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion (; ) 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 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. 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 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Sarata and Tatarbunary Raions, as well as Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality and part of Ovidiopol Raion, were merged into Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Administrative division Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 16 hromadas: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi urban hromada with the administration in the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, transferred from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality; Dyvisiia rural hromada with the administration in the village of Dyvisiia, transferred from Tatarbunary Raion; Karolino-Buhaz rural hromada with the administration in the village of Karolino-Buhaz, transferred from Ovidiopol Raion; Kulevcha rural hromada with the administration in the village of Kulevcha, transferred from Sarata Raion; Lyman rural hromada with the administration in the village of Lyman, transferred from Tatarbunary Raion; Marazliivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Marazliivka, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion; Moloha rural hromada with the administration in the village of Moloha, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion; Petropavlivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Petropavlivka, transferred from Sarata Raion; Plakhtiivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Plakhtiivka, transferred from Sarata Raion; Sarata settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Sarata, transferred from Sarata Raion; Serhiivka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Serhiivka, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality; Shabo rural hromada with the administration in the village of Shabo, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion; Starokozache rural hromada with the administration in the village of Starokozache, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion; Tatarbunary urban hromada with the administration in the city of Tatarbunary, transferred from Tatarbunary Raion; Tuzly rural hromada with the administration in the village of Tuzly, transferred from Tatarbunary Raion; Uspenivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Uspenivka, transferred from Sarata Raion.
The Village of Krutoyarivka (Moldova in Romanian) in the Starokozache rural hromada had a population of 1,933, out of which 1,820 spoke Romanian (94.15%), including 1,792 who called the language "Moldovan" (92.71%) and 28 who declared the language to be "Romanian" (1.45%), while 25 spoke Ukrainian (1.29%) and 84 Russian (4.35%).The results of the 2001 Ukrainian census by localities by mother tongue at https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001./
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of five hromadas, Marazliivka rural hromada with the administration in Marazliivka; Moloha rural hromada with the administration in Moloha; Serhiivka settlement hromada with the administration in Serhiivka (partially in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality); Shabo rural hromada with the administration in Shabo; Starokozache rural hromada with the administration in Starokozache.
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