Hertsa or Hertza ( ; ro, Herța ) is a city located in Chernivtsi Raion,

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the regio ...

in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Hertsa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine, and has a population of The town is located close to the border with Romania, southeast of

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the u ...

and north of

Dorohoi Dorohoi () is a city in Botoșani County, Romania, on the right bank of the river Jijia, which broadens into a lake on the north. History Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; merchants f ...

. Until 2020, it was the smallest raion administrative center in Ukraine.

History

Hertsa and the Hertsa region were part of the Moldavia historical region (administratively in

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). In 1859, Moldavia united with Wallachia, forming the United Principalities of Moldavia and Walachia, which after the

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, became the Kingdom of Romania, with Hertsa being incorporated into the

, and then into Ținutul Suceava. In June 1940, it was occupied by the Soviet Union together with Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia, although this territory was not mentioned in the Soviet ultimatum or in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, being an integral part of the

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. The Red Army also occupied this land, probably due to its strategic position over the city of

Cernăuți Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the up ...

and attached it to the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. The Romanian Army had liberated the region in June 1941, but in August 1944, USSR reoccupied it. Since 1962 until December 1991 Hertsa was part of

Hlyboka Raion Hlyboka Raion ( uk, Глибоцький район, ro, Raionul Adâncata ) is a former administrative district of Chernivtsi Oblast located in the historical regions of Bukovina and Hertsa, in western Ukraine. The administrative center was the ...

.Герца, Глибоцький район, Чернівецька область // Історія міст і сіл Української РСР. Чернівецька область. — Київ, Головна редакція УРЕ АН УРСР, 1969.Герца // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.296 Since the fall of the Soviet Union, it has been part of independent Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Hertsa served as an administrative center of

Hertsa Raion Hertsa Raion or Hertza Raion ( uk, Герцаївський район, translit.: ''Hertsaiivs'kyi raion''; ro, Raionul Herța ) was an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, on the Romani ...

. 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.

Demographics

In 1969 the population was 1500 people. In January 1989 the population was 2360 people. In January 2013 the population was 2122 people. The town has a large

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Natives

Gheorghe Asachi Gheorghe Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer- border maker and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and p ...

* Herman Finer * Lucas Gridoux

Gallery

file:Hertsa (Herta),former synagogue,now-Culture palace.jpg, Former synagogue, now - Palace of culture file:Former synagogue in Hertsa (Herta).jpg, Former synagogue

References

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