Hertsa Raion

Hertsa Raion or Hertza Raion (Ukrainian: Герцаївський район, translit.: Hertsaiivs'kyi raion; Romanian: Raionul Herța pronounced [raˈjonul ˈhert͡sa]) was an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border. The region had an area of 308.7 square kilometres (119.2 sq mi) and the administrative center in the city of Hertsa. It was one of the three raions of Ukraine with the majority of ethnic Romanian population. The raion was abolished on 18 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.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 33,175 (2020 est.)[3]

This article is about the former administrative division in Ukraine. For other uses, see Hertsa (disambiguation).
Hertsa Raion
Герцаївський район (in Ukrainian)
Raionul Herța (in Romanian)
Raion
Flag of Hertsa Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Hertsa Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°8′40″N 26°12′10″E
Country Ukraine
RegionChernivtsi Oblast
Establishedpre-1962, 1991
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerHertsa
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 23 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorVasyl' Mykhailovych Skrypa
Area
 • Total308.7 km2 (119.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total33,175
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
N/A
Area code380
WebsiteOfficial website

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas, Hertsa urban hromada with the administration in Hertsa and Ostrytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ostrytsia.[4]

History

The Hertsa region was part of the Principality of Moldavia since its founding in the 14th century. After the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859, it became part of Romania (which gained its formal independence in 1877), as one of the five districts (plăși) of Dorohoi County.

The region was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940 following the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany, and was added to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was recaptured by Romania in 1941 in the course of the Axis attack on the Soviet Union in World War II, but was recaptured again by the Soviet Army in 1944. The annexation was confirmed by the Paris Peace Treaties in 1947 between the USSR and Romania.

The fact that neither the secret protocol (appendix) of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, which specified the expansionist claims of both sides, nor the June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum demanding from the Kingdom of Romania the adjacent territory of Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia included Hertsa makes the capture by the Soviets controversial in Romania.[5][6] Furthermore, unlike Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, the region had not been a part of Imperial Russia or Austria-Hungary before World War I, but had been a part of Romania and one of its predecessor states, Moldavia, before that.

In 1962, the raion was merged into Hlyboka Raion, and in 1991, was reinstated again.

Demographics

In 1930, the region had a population of 30,082, of which 27,919 (92.8%) Romanians, 1,931 (6.4%) Jews, and 232 (0.8%) people of other ethnicities.

In 2001, the population of Hertsa Raion was 32,316, of which 29,554 or 91.5% were Romanians, 1,616 or 5.0% were Ukrainians, 756 or 2.3% Moldovans (out of which 511 self-identified their language as Moldovan and 237 as Romanian), 0.9% Russians, and 0.3% of other ethnicities (see: Ukrainian Census, 2001).[7]

Localities

Hertsa Raion was composed of 1 city and 13 incorporated localities, containing a total of 24 villages (Romanian names listed in brackets):

  • Герца Hertsa (Herța)
  • Байраки Bairaky (Mogoșești)
  • Буківка Bukivka (Poieni, Poieni-Bucovina, Puieni)
  • Годинівка Hodynivka (Godinești, Godânești)
  • Горбова Horbova (Horbova)
  • Хряцька Khriatska (Hreațca)
  • Куликівка Kulykіvka (Colincăuți, Culiceni)
  • Лунка Lunka (Lunca)
  • Молниця Molnytsia (Molnița)
  • Остриця Ostrytsia (Ostrița, Stârcești)
  • Петрашівка Petrashivka (Mihoreni, Petrașivca)
  • Тернавка Ternavka (Târnauca)
  • Цурень Tsuren (Țureni)
  • Велика Буда Velyka Buda (Buda Mare)

The 10 unincorporated villages are:

  • Банчени Bancheny (Bănceni)
  • Дяківці Diakіvtsі (Probotești)
  • Круп'янське Krupianske (Pasat)
  • Луковиця Lukovytsia (Lucovița, Lucovița Moldovenească)
  • Мала Буда Mala Buda (Buda Mică)
  • Маморниця Mamornytsia (Mamornița, Mamornița Ucraineană)
  • Могилівка Mohylivka (Movila)
  • Підвальне Pіdval'ne (Becești)
  • Радгоспівка Radhospivka (Vama)
  • Великосілля Velykosillia (Pilipăuți, Satul Mare)

See also

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. 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.
  4. "Герцаївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  5. "Din istoria Ținutului Herța" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. Cum ne-a luat Molotov Bucovina și Ținutul Herței
  7. Ion Popescu and Constantin Ungureanu, Romanii din Ucraina - intre trecut si viitor, vol. 1 (Românii din Regiunea Cernăuți), Cernăuți, 2005, pp. 259–260, with the figures from the 2001 Ukrainian census.
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