Bila Tserkva Raion

Subdivision of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Raion in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Bila Tserkva Raion
Білоцерківський район
Raion
Білоцерківський район (Bilotserkivskyi raion)
Flag of Bila Tserkva Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Bila Tserkva Raion
Coat of arms
49°51′6″N 30°8′4″E / 49.85167°N 30.13444°E / 49.85167; 30.13444
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kyiv Oblast
Established1930
Admin. centerBila Tserkva
Subdivisions13 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorRoman Ivanovych Pluhator
Area
 • Total6,514.8 km2 (2,515.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total431,172
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
075
Area code380-4563
Websitekyiv-obl.gov.ua

Bila Tserkva Raion (Ukrainian: Білоцерківський район) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bila Tserkva. Population: 431,172 (2022 estimate)[1].

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Bila Tserkva Raion was significantly expanded. Six abolished raions, Rokytne, Skvyra, Stavyshche, Tarashcha, Tetiiv, and Volodarka Raions, as well as the city of Bila Tserkva, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, and parts of Bohuslav and Vasylkiv Raions, were merged into Bila Tserkva Raion.[2][3] The area of the raion before the reform was 1,276.8 square kilometres (493.0 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 48,440 (2020 est.)[4]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 13 hromadas:[3]

Bila Tserkva Raion subdivisions
Hromada (Community) Admin. center Population (2020) Transferred/Retained from
Bila Tserkva urban Bila Tserkva 218,981 city of oblast significance of Bila Tserkva;[5]
Fursy rural Fursy 10,729 Bila Tserkva Raion;
Hrebinky settlement Hrebinky 13,565 Vasylkiv Raion.[6]
Kovalivka rural Kovalivka 6,566 Vasylkiv Raion.[6]
Mala Vilshanka rural Mala Vilshanka 10,636 Bila Tserkva Raion;
Medvyn rural Medvyn 5,511 Bohuslav Raion.[7]
Rokytne settlement Rokytne 25,279 Rokytne Raion.[8]
Skvyra urban Skvyra 31,695 Skvyra Raion.[9]
Stavyshche settlement Stavyshche 20,599 Stavyshche Raion.[10]
Tarashcha urban Tarashcha 26,010 Tarashcha Raion.[11]
Tetiiv urban Tetiiv 30,629 Tetiiv Raion.[12]
Uzyn urban Uzyn 20,245 Bila Tserkva Raion
Volodarka settlement Volodarka 15,670 Volodarka Raion.[13]

Before 2020

Bila Tserkva Raion in Kyiv Oblast (1966-2020)

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas,[14]

  • Fursy rural hromada with the administration in Fursy;
  • Mala Vilshanka rural hromada with the administration in Mala Vilshanka;
  • Uzyn urban hromada with the administration in the city of Uzyn.

Notable buildings

View of the so-called Ruins and the Laznevogo lake of the historical landscape park "Oleksandriia".

Various monuments of architecture located within the raion's territory include:

  • Monument to Ivan Mazepa, 1991 in the village of Mazepyntsi.
  • Church Zishestia Sviatoho Dukha, 1750 in the village of Shkarivka.
  • Church Sviatoi Paraskevy, 1903 in the village of Oliinykova Sloboda.
  • Church of the Wives of Myronosyts, 1893 in the village of Sorokotiahy.
  • Cathedral of the Saint Ioanna Khrestytelia in Bila Tserkva.
  • Mykhailivska Church, 1891 in Bila Tserkva.
  • Preobrazhenska Church, 1849 in the village of Sukholisy.
  • Oleksandriia Park, 1793-1797 in Bila Tserkva.
  • Zymovyi (Winter) Palace in Bila Tserkva.

Notable residents

Famous people from the territory that is now known as the Bilotserkivskyi Raion include:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ a b "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  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. ^ "Белоцерковская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  6. ^ a b "Васильківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  7. ^ "Богуславська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  8. ^ "Рокитнянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  9. ^ "Ставищенська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  10. ^ "Рокитнянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  11. ^ "Таращанська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  12. ^ "Тетіївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  13. ^ "Володарська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  14. ^ "Білоцерківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

External links

  • kyiv-obl.gov.ua - Information about the Bila Tserkva Raion (in Ukrainian)
  • Verkhovna Rada website - Administrative divisions of the Bila Tserkva Raion (in Ukrainian)
  • heraldry.com.ua - Heraldry of the raion (in Ukrainian)
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