Vylkove

Vylkove

Вилкове
Vylkove Вилкове
	Bilohorodskyi Canal — the main canal in Vylkove
	Coat of arms
	Vylkove Location of Vylkove Vylkove Vylkove (Ukraine)
	Coordinates: 45°23′57″N 29°35′37″E / 45.39917°N 29.59361°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Odesa Oblast
Raion	Izmail Raion
Hromada	Vylkove urban hromada
Founded	1746
City rights	1762
Area
• Total	4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	7,712
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Postal code	68355
Area code	+380 4843

Vylkove (Ukrainian: Вилкове, pronounced [ˈwɪɫkowe]; Russian: Вилково; Romanian: Vâlcov) is a small city located in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta, at utmost southwest of Ukraine, on the border with Romania. Administratively, it is part of Izmail Raion (district) of Odesa Oblast (region). Vylkove hosts the administration of Vylkove urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[2] Population: 7,712 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Geography

Vylkove is located inside the Danube Delta marshlands, which makes grain growing almost impossible, thus making fishery in the Danube, delta lakes and in the Black Sea the main occupation of the local people. In addition, the city is famous for its viticulture and cultivation of strawberries on the islands in the river delta.^{[citation needed]} Due to a number of channels excavated inside its territory, get town is also known as "Ukraine's Venice". Boats are the most common method of transportation.^[3]

The administration of the Ukrainian Danube Biosphere Reserve is based in Vylkove. The territory of the Reserve includes the islands upstream and downstream the Danube, reedbeds to north from Danube, delta water bodies and adjacent area of the sea (2 km or 1.2 mi from the coast).

History

Vylkove was founded in 1746 and was assigned the status of "town" in 1762.

Until 18 July 2020, Vylkove belonged to Kiliia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Kiliia Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.^[4]^[5]

Demographics

The population is about 9,300, according to the 2001 Ukrainian census. About 70% of the population consists of Lipovans, about 25% are Ukrainians, and the remainder are Romanians, Gagauz (Turkic-speaking followers of the Russian Orthodox Church), and Bulgarians. The main confession is Christian Old Believers (Lipovans) (about 70%, mainly Russians), the rest are the members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. There are three churches in Vylkove: two belong to Old Believers and one to Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In 2001, the city of Vylkove was 83.46% Russian-speaking, 15.34% Ukrainian-speaking and 0.54% Moldovan-speaking.^[6] Among the 9,426 inhabitants, there were 2,496 Ukrainians (26.48%), 6,597 Russians (69.99%), 831 Bulgarians (8.82%), and 120 Moldovans (1.27%).^[7]

References

^ ^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.
^ "Вилковская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ Tondo, Lorenzo (5 July 2022). "How Ukraine's 'Venice' has borne the brunt of fight for Snake Island". The Guardian.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
^ The Ukrainian census of 2001, ethnicity/nationality data by localities, at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm

External links

museum-collections.odessa.ua — The Bleschunov Municipal Museum of Personal Collections
vilkovo.info – Vylkove boat guide. Info and rest-day in Vylkove

[ua2022estimate-1] 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.

[admreform_2020_vylkove-2] "Вилковская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

[guardianUkrainesVenice-3] Tondo, Lorenzo (5 July 2022). "How Ukraine's 'Venice' has borne the brunt of fight for Snake Island". The Guardian.

[4] "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

[5] "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

[6] "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".

[7] The Ukrainian census of 2001, ethnicity/nationality data by localities, at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm

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v t e Administrative divisions of Odesa Oblast
Administrative center: Odesa
Raions	Berezivka Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bolhrad Izmail Odesa Podilsk Rozdilna
Hromadas	Ananiv Andriievo-Ivanivka Artsyz Avanhard Balta Berezivka Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Biliaivka Bolhrad Borodino Chohodarivka Chornomorsk Chornomorske Dachne Dalnyk Dobroslav Dolynske Dyviziia Fontanka Horodnie Ivanivka Izmail Karolino-Buhaz Kiliia Kodyma Konopliane Krasnosilka Krynychne Kubei Kuialnyk Kulevcha Kurisove Liubashivka Lyman Lymanske Maiaky Marazliivka Moloha Mykolaivka Nerubayske Novoborysivka Novokalcheve Odesa Okny Ovidiopol Pavlivka Petropavlivka Petrovirivka Pishchana Plakhtiivka Podilsk Raukhivka Reni Rozdilna Rozkvit Safiany Sarata Savran Serhiivka Shabo Shyriaieve Slobidka Stari Maiaky Starokozache Stepanivka Striukove Suvorove Tairove Tarutyne Tatarbunary Teplodar Teplytsia Tsebrykove Tuzly Usatove Uspenivka Vasylivka Velyka Mykhailivka Velykodolynske Velykoploske Velykyi Dalnyk Velykyi Buialyk Vyhoda Vylkove Vyzyrka Yasky Yuzhne Zakharivka Zatyshshia Zelenohirske Znamianka
Cities	Ananiv Artsyz Balta Berezivka Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Biliaivka Bolhrad Chornomorsk Izmail Kiliia Kodyma Odesa Pivdenne Podilsk Reni Rozdilna Tatarbunary Teplodar Vylkove

Administrative divisions of Izmail Raion
Administrative center: Izmail
Izmail urban hromada	Izmail
Kiliia urban hromada	Chervonyi Yar Dmytrivka Furmanivka Kiliia Lisky Mykolaivka Novoselivka Pomazany Shevchenkove Trudove Vasylivka
Reni urban hromada	Dolynske Kotlovyna Lymanske Nahirne Novosilske Orlivka Plavni Reni
Vylkove urban hromada	Bile Desantne Myrne Novomykolaivka Prymorske Vylkove
Suvorove settlement hromada	Dzynilor Katlabuh Kyrnychky Nova Pokrovka Ostrivne Pryozerne Stari Troiany
Safiany rural hromada	Bahate Broska Dunaiske Kalanchak Kamianka Komyshivka Kyslytsia Larzhanka Loshchynivka Matroska Muravlivka Nova Nekrasivka Novokalanchak Novokamianka Pershotravneve Safiany Stara Nekrasivka Utkonosivka

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