Plavni, Odesa Oblast

Plavni (Ukrainian: Плавні; Romanian: Barta) is a village in Reni Raion in the southern Ukrainian oblast of Odesa. It belongs to Reni urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Plavni is situated on the western bank of Lake Yalpuh.

Plavni Плавні Barta
The church in Plavni
Flag Coat of arms
Plavni Location in Ukraine Show map of Odesa Oblast Plavni Plavni (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 45°23′55″N 28°34′48″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Odesa Oblast
Raion	Izmail Raion
Hromada	Reni urban hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 18 July 2020, Plavni belonged to Reni Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Reni Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.^[2][3] In 2001, there were 2,039 inhabitants, of which 38 were Ukrainian speakers (1.86%), 1,900 Romanian speakers (93.18%), 23 Bulgarian speakers (1.13%), 47 Russian speakers (2.31%) and 18 Gagauz speakers (0.88%).^[4]

References

1. "Ренийская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
4. The Ukrainian census of 2001, language data by localities, at https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/