Hertsa
Герца
Herța
Town
St Spiridon Church in Hertsa
St Spiridon Church in Hertsa
Coat of arms of Hertsa
Coat of arms
Hertsa is located in Ukraine
Hertsa
Hertsa
Location of Hertsa
Coordinates: 48°09′00″N 26°15′00″E / 48.15000°N 26.25000°E / 48.15000; 26.25000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast
RaionChernivtsi Raion
Government
 • MayorVasil Scripcaru (48°09′00″N 26°15′00″E / 48.15000°N 26.25000°E / 48.15000; 26.25000)
Area
 • Total22.23 km2 (8.58 sq mi)
Elevation
159 m (522 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total2,097

Hertsa or Hertza (Ukrainian: Ге́рца [ˈɦɛrtsɐ]; Romanian: Herța [ˈhertsa]) is a city located in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Hertsa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine,[1] and has a population of 2,097 (2022 estimate).[2]

The town is located close to the border with Romania, 28 km (17 mi) southeast of Chernivtsi and 21 km (13 mi) north of Dorohoi. Until 2020, it was the smallest raion administrative center in Ukraine.

History

Hertsa and the Hertsa region were part of the Moldavia historical region (administratively in Dorohoi County). In 1859, Moldavia united with Wallachia, forming the United Principalities of Moldavia and Walachia, which after the Romanian War of Independence, became the Kingdom of Romania, with Hertsa being incorporated into the Dorohoi County, and then into Ținutul Suceava. In June 1940, it was occupied by the Soviet Union together with Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia, although this territory was not mentioned in the Soviet ultimatum or in the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, being an integral part of the Old Kingdom. The Red Army also occupied this land, probably due to its strategic position over the city of Cernăuți and attached it to the Ukrainian SSR.[3] The Romanian Army liberated the region in June 1941, during the first days of Operation Barbarossa. In August 1944, the Soviet Union reoccupied the city during the Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive.

From 1962 until December 1991 Hertsa was part of Hlyboka Raion.[4][5][6][7] Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it has been part of independent Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Hertsa served as an administrative center of Hertsa 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 Hertsa Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.[8][9]

Demographics

Languages spoken in the city of Hertsa

  Romanian (70.79%)
  Ukrainian (17.98%)
  Russian (10.89%)
  Others (0.05%)

In 1969, Hertsa had 1,500 inhabitants.[4] In January 1989, the population was 2,360 people,[10][6] while in January 2013, the population was 2,122 people.[11]

As of 2001, the majority of the inhabitants (68.08%) were Romanians.[12]

Notable people

  • Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869), Moldavian and later Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer, and translator
  • Herman Finer (1898–1969), Jewish Romanian-born British political scientist and Fabian socialist
  • Lucas Gridoux (1896–1952), Romanian-born French stage and film actor

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Герцаевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Blaga, Michael Nicholas. "Cum ne-a luat Molotov Bucovina și Ținutul Herței". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Герца, Глибоцький район, Чернівецька область // Історія міст і сіл Української РСР. Чернівецька область. — Київ, Головна редакція УРЕ АН УРСР, 1969.
  5. ↑ Герца // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 6. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1971.
  6. 1 2 Герца // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.296
  7. ↑ Постанова Президії Верховної Ради України № 1892-XII від 2 грудня 1991 р. "Про утворення Герцаївського району Чернівецької області"
  8. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  9. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  10. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  11. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.108" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  12. ↑ "19A050501_02_073. Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Чернівецька область (1,2,3,4)". Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
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