List of cities in Odesa Oblast explained

There are 19 populated places in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто|misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament.[1] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.[2] [3] [4] As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence, the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital Odesa, with a population of 1,029,049 people, while the least populous city was Teplodar, with a population of 8,830 people.[5] After the enactment of decommunization laws, two cities within the oblast were renamed in 2016 for their former names' connection to people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union.[6] [7] The renamed cities Chornomorsk and Podilsk were previously named Illichivsk and Kotovsk, respectively.[8]

From independence in 1991 until 2020, nine cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining ten cities were located amongst 26 raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.[9] [10] On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into seven new, expanded raions.[11] The seven raions that make up the oblast are Berezivka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Bolhrad, Izmail, Odesa, Podilsk, and Rozdilna.[12]

One city in the oblast, the regional capital Odesa, was awarded by Soviet officials with the honorary title Hero City of Ukraine in 1965 for its resistance to the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II; the title was renewed in 2022 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[13] [14] The city has also been recognized by UNESCO as one of Ukraine's eight World Heritage Sites since 25 January 2023.[15] [16] [17]

List of cities

Name!scope="col"
Name
(in Ukrainian)
Raion (district)Population
(2022 estimates)
Population
(2001 census)
Population
change
AnanivАнаньївPodilsk
ArtsyzАрцизBolhrad
BaltaБалтаPodilsk
BerezivkaБерезівкаBerezivka
BiliaivkaБіляївкаOdesa
Bilhorod-DnistrovskyiБілгород-ДністровськийBilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
BolhradБолградBolhrad
ChornomorskЧорноморськOdesa
IzmailІзмаїлIzmail
KiliiaКіліяIzmail
KodymaКодимаPodilsk
OdesaОдесаOdesa
PodilskПодільськPodilsk
ReniРеніIzmail
RozdilnaРоздільнаRozdilna
TatarbunaryТатарбунариBilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
TeplodarТеплодарOdesa
VylkoveВилковеIzmail
YuzhneЮжнеOdesa

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Notes and References

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  6. Web site: 27 July 2023 . uk:Про засудження комуністичного та націонал-соціалістичного (нацистського) тоталітарних режимів в Україні та заборону пропаганди їхньої символіки . On the condemnation of communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of propaganda of their symbols . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/317-19 . 20 May 2024 . . uk . 26 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240526024226/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/317-19#Text . live .
  7. Web site: 27 December 2016 . uk:Понад 50 тисяч вулиць змінили назви впродовж 2016 року . Over 50 thousand streets changed their names in 2016 . https://www.kmu.gov.ua/news/249624004 . 20 May 2024 . www.kmu.gov.ua . uk . 20 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520212857/https://www.kmu.gov.ua/news/249624004 . live .
  8. Web site: uk:Перейменування окремих міст та районів, перейменованих відповідно до Закону України «Про засудження комуністичного та націонал-соціалістичного (нацистського) тоталітарних режимів в Україні та заборону пропаганди їхньої символіки» . Renaming of certain cities and districts, renamed in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Condemnation of Communist and National Socialist (Nazi) Totalitarian Regimes in Ukraine and Prohibition of Propaganda of Their Symbols" . https://land.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%A0%D0%A3_28_08.pdf . land.gov.ua . 20 May 2024 . 20 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520212852/https://land.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%A0%D0%A3_28_08.pdf . live .
  9. Web site: . uk:Кількість адміністративно-територіальних одиниць за регіонами України на 1 січня 2016 року* . Number of administrative-territorial units by regions of Ukraine as of 1 January 2016* . https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2016/ds/ator/ator2016_u.htm . 21 June 2024 . ukrstat.gov.ua . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202059/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2016/ds/ator/ator2016_u.htm . live .
  10. Web site: 16 October 1997 . uk:Про адміністративно-територіальний устрій України (Повторний розгляд з пропозиціями (вето) Президента України) . On the administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine (Reconsideration with proposals (Veto) of the President of Ukraine) . https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/pt/reports.leftcol?ptid=1682 . 7 July 2024 . . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202100/https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/pt/reports.leftcol?ptid=1682 . live .
  11. Web site: 17 July 2020 . uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів . On the formation and liquidation of districts . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20/ed20200717#Text . 21 June 2024 . . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202100/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20/ed20200717#Text#Text . live .
  12. Web site: 17 July 2020 . uk:Прийнято Постанову "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів" . The Resolution "On Formation and Liquidation of Districts" was adopted . https://www.rada.gov.ua/news/Novyny/196122.html . 21 June 2024 . . uk . 5 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200805131001/https://www.rada.gov.ua/news/Novyny/196122.html . live .
  13. Web site: Mayorov . Maksym . 25 March 2022 . uk:Міф "Місто-Герой" . Myth of the "Hero City" . https://www.istpravda.com.ua/articles/2022/03/25/161115/ . 2024-06-27 . . uk .
  14. Web site: 21 March 2023 . uk:Указ Президента України №171/2023: Питання почесної відзнаки "Місто-герой України" . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 171/2023: About the award "Hero City of Ukraine" . https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/1712023-46177 . 2024-06-27 . . uk .
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  17. Web site: 25 January 2023 . Ukraine’s Odesa, the ‘pearl of the Black Sea’, added to Unesco World Heritage list . 6 August 2024 . . en.