Ovidiopol Raion

Ovidiopol Raion (Ukrainian: Овідіопольський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Ovidiopol. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Odesa Raion 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 Ovidiopol Raion was split between Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Odesa Raions.[1][2][3] The last estimate of the raion population was 77,278 (2015 est.).[4]

Ovidiopol Raion
Овідіопольський район
Ovidiopolskyi Raion
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Coordinates: 46°16′45″N 30°30′41″E
CountryUkraine
Former RaionOdesa Oblast
Founded1924
Abolished, merged18 July 2020 (into Odesa Raion)
Admin. centerOvidiopol
Population
 (2015)
 • TotalIncrease 77,278
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
67800—67851
Area code+380 4851
Websitehttp://ovidiopol-rda.odessa.gov.ua

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of six hromadas:[5]

  • Avanhard settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Avanhard, transferred to Odesa Raion;
  • Dalnyk rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dalnyk, transferred to Odesa Raion;
  • Karolino-Buhaz rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Karolino-Buhaz, transferred to Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion;
  • Ovidiopol settlement hromada with the administration in Ovidiopol, transferred to Odesa Raion;
  • Tairove settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Tairove, transferred to Odesa Raion;
  • Velykodolynske settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Velykodolynske, transferred to Odesa Raion.

The population of the district was 60,308 in 2001. According to the 2001 Ukrainian census the population was 79% Ukrainian, 15% Russian, 2% Moldovan, 1% Bulgarian, and 1% Belarusian.[6]

The shore of the Black Sea formed the southeastern edge of the district and the shore of the Dniester Estuary formed the southwestern edge.

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. "Зміни адміністративно-територіального поділу Одеської області – Головне управління Держгеокадастру в Одеській області". Odesa Oblast land cadaster. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  4. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. "Овідіопольська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  6. 2001 All Ukrainian population census results for Odesa Region Archived 2009-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
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