Balkivtsi (Ukrainian: Балківці; Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Bălcăuți) is a commune (selsoviet) in Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Mamalyha rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
Until 18 July 2020, Balkivtsi belonged to Novoselytsia Raion. 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 Novoselytsia Raion was split between Chernivtsi Raion and Dnistrovskyi Raions, with Balkivtsi being transferred to Dnistrovskyi Raion.[2] [3] n 2001, 96.76% of the inhabitants spoke Romanian as their native language, while 2,41% spoke Ukrainian.[4]