Biliaivka Raion

Biliaivka Raion (Ukrainian: Біляївський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Biliaivka, which had a status of the city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. 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. ^[1][2] According to the 2001 census, the majority of the population of Bileaiivka district was Ukrainian -speaking (80.26%), with Russian (16.87%) and Romanian (1.26%) speakers in the minority.^[3] The last estimate of the raion population was 81,171 (2020 est.).^[4]

Biliaivka Raion Біляївський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°32′N 30°15′E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Odesa Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Biliaivka
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 20 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 42 — villages   6 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Arsen Zhumadilov
Area
• Total	1,496 km2 (578 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	81,171
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index	67600—67672
Area code	+380 4852
Website	http://bilyaivka-rda.odessa.gov.ua/

Until 2016, the city of Biliaivka was part of Biliaivka Raion. On 28 January 2016, Biliaivka was designated the city of oblast significance, though it remained the center of the raion.^[5]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of seven hromadas:^[6]

• Dachne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dachne;
• Maiaky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Maiaky;
• Nerubaiske rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Nerubaiske;
• Usatove rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Usatove;
• Velykyi Dalnyk rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velykyi Dalnyk;
• Vyhoda rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vyhoda;
• Yasky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Yasky.

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. "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України". socialdata.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
5. "Беляевка официально стала городом областного значения". Dumskaya (in Russian). 28 January 2016.
6. "Біляївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.