Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion ( uk, Білгород-Дністровський район; ro, Raionul Cetatea Albă) is a

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 c ...

(district) in

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administ ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. It is part of the historical region of

Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds o ...

. Its administrative center is the town of

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( uk, Бі́лгород-Дністро́вський, Bílhorod-Dnistróvskyy, ; ro, Cetatea Albă), historically known as Akkerman ( tr, Akkerman) or under different names, is a city, municipality and port situated on ...

. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Odesa Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Administrative division

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 16

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: * Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi urban hromada with the administration in the city of

, transferred from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality; * Dyviziya Hromada * Karolino-Buhaz rural hromada * Kulevcha Hromada * Lyman Hromada * Marazliivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Marazliivka, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion; * Moloha rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Moloha, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion; * Petropavlivka Hromada * Plakhtiivka Hromada * Sarata Hromada * Serhiivka settlement hromada with the administration in the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

of Serhiivka, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality; * Shabo rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Shabo, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion; * Starokozache rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Starokozache, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion; * Tatarbunary Hromada * Tuzly Hromada * Uspenivka Hromada

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of five hromadas, * Marazliivka rural hromada with the administration in Marazliivka; * Moloha rural hromada with the administration in Moloha; * Serhiivka settlement hromada with the administration in Serhiivka (partially in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality); * Shabo rural hromada with the administration in Shabo; * Starokozache rural hromada with the administration in Starokozache.

References

{{Authority control Raions of Odesa Oblast 1957 establishments in Ukraine