Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian: Біла Церква, Romanian: Biserica Albă, Hungarian: Fejéregyháza or Fehéregyháza or Tiszafejéregyháza, Slovak: Bilá Cirkev) is a village in Tiachiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Solotvyno rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Bila Tserkva
Біла Церква Biserica Albă | |
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  Bila Tserkva Location in Zakarpattia Oblast .svg) Bila Tserkva Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 47°57′0″N 23°55′59.99″E / 47.95000°N 23.9333306°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Zakarpattia Oblast |
| Raion | Tiachiv Raion |
| Hromada | Solotvyno rural hromada |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.10 km2 (4.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 281 m (922 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 3,024 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 90614 |
| Area code | +380 3132 |
| KOATUU | 2123681001 |
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History
editIn 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
editIn 2001, 97.16% of the inhabitants spoke Romanian as their native language, while 1.26% spoke Ukrainian.[3]
Notable people
edit- Victoria Darvai (1926–2016), Romanian folk musician
References
edit- ^ a b "Romanian becomes regional language in Bila Tserkva in Zakarpattia region". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional language law of Kivalov-Kolesnichenko". Ukrinform. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ The Ukrainian census of 2001, language data by localities, at https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
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