Plavni ( uk, Плавні; ro, Barta) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Reni Raion Reni Raion ( uk, Ренійський район; ro, Raionul Reni) was a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast in south-western Ukraine, in the historic Budjak region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center was the city of Reni. The raion was aboli ...

in the southern

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of ...

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...

. It belongs to

Reni urban hromada Reni urban hromada ( uk, Ренійська міська громада) is a hromada (territorial community) in Ukraine, in Izmail Raion of Odesa Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Reni. Population: Until 18 July 2020, the hromada ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Plavni is situated on the western bank of

Lake Yalpuh Yalpuh ( uk, Озеро Ялпуг) is a freshwater lake located in the southern Ukrainian oblast of Odessa. The largest natural lake in Ukraine, it covers an area of 149 km², has an average depth of about two metres, a maximum depth of 5.5 ...

. Until 18 July 2020, Plavni belonged to

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

s of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Reni Raion was merged into Izmail Raion. 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%).https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/

References

Villages in Izmail Raion Populated places in Reni urban hromada Romanian communities in Ukraine {{Odesa-geo-stub