Bila Tserkva, Zakarpattia Oblast Explained

Bila Tserkva
Other Name:Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Biserica Albă
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Zakarpattia Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Mapsize:280
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Zakarpattia Oblast##Location in Ukraine
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Tiachiv Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Solotvyno rural hromada
Module:
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:12
Frame-Height:300
Stroke-Width:1
Shape-Fill-Opacity:0.2
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:11.10
Elevation M:281
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:3024
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:47.95°N 23.9333°W
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:90614
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 3132
Code1 Name:KOATUU
Code1 Info:2123681001

Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian: Біла Церква, Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Biserica Albă, Hungarian: Fejéregyháza or Fehéregyháza or Tiszafejéregyháza, Slovak: Bilá Cirkev) is a village in Tiachiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

History

In September 2012, Romanian became the regional language in the village of Bila Tserkva; meaning it was allowed to be used in administrative office work and documents.[1] This was made possible after new legislation on languages in Ukraine was passed in the summer of 2012.[1] However, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on 28 February 2018 ruled this legislation unconstitutional.[2]

Demographics

In 2001, 97.16% of the inhabitants spoke Romanian as their native language, while 1.26% spoke Ukrainian.[3]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. News: 24 September 2012 . Romanian becomes regional language in Bila Tserkva in Zakarpattia region . Kyiv Post . Interfax-Ukraine . 16 April 2022.
  2. Web site: 28 February 2018 . Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional language law of Kivalov-Kolesnichenko . 4 May 2019 . . en.
  3. https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/