Reni
Рені
City
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Reni is located in Odesa Oblast
Reni
Reni
Location of Reni in Odesa Oblast
Reni is located in Ukraine
Reni
Reni
Reni (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 45°27′27″N 28°16′16″E / 45.45750°N 28.27111°E / 45.45750; 28.27111
Country Ukraine
Oblast Odesa Oblast
Raion Izmail Raion
Government
 • City Head/MayorIhor Plekhov
Area
 • Total393 km2 (152 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total17,736
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
68800—809
Area code+380 4840
Websiterenimvk.od.ua
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Reni (Ukrainian: Рені́, pronounced [reˈn⁽ʲ⁾i]; Romanian: Reni) is a small city in Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Reni urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Reni is located in the Bessarabian historic district of Budjak and on the left bank of the Danube. The settlement was founded around 1548, acquiring city status in 1821. Population: 17,736 (2022 estimate).[2]

There are six schools, one filial branch of the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, and three Ukrainian Orthodox church buildings. Reni is also home to the Light of the World Church.[3]

History

Until July 18, 2020, Reni was the administrative center of Reni 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 Reni Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.[4][5]

2023 Reni port attack

On the night between July 23 and 24, 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the nationwide missile attacks, the port of Reni was attacked by Russia, being struck by multiple suicide drones. The port of Reni is an internal port of Ukraine, laying on the Danube river which forms Ukraine's border with Romania, the port itself lying half a kilometer away from the Romanian bank of the Danube.[6]

Multiple Romanian sailors in the waters around the port caught the bombings on camera, and a Romanian ship was damaged during the assault. Similar attacks targeted the nearby ports of Izmail and Kiliia, all laying on the Danube. The government of the neighbouring country allowed numerous ships to immediately cross the border.[7]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18976,941—    
202217,736+155.5%
Source: [8]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the surrounding Reni Raion includes some 38,000 people (including those in the town), 49% of them ethnic Moldovans/Romanians, 18% Ukrainians, 15% Russians, 8.5% Bulgarians and 8% Gagauz.[9]

In 1897, the ethnic make-up, by mother tongue, was 37.6% Moldavian/Romanian, 19.8% Ukrainian, 17.1% Russian, 10.5% Jewish, 9.4% Bulgarian, 2.0% Greek, 1.5% Turkish, 1.1% Polish.[8]

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Notable people

References

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  1. ^ "Ренийская городская 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 July 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "The dream God had for the city of Reni, Ukraine – Home". Archived from the original on January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). July 18, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  6. ^ "Moscow Hit By Drones As Russia Strikes Key Ukrainian Export Route On Danube Near Romania". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Rușii au bombardat Ucraina la granița cu România. Portul Reni de pe Dunăre a fost atacat cu drone". Digi24 (in Romanian). July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Первая Всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи, 1897 г. (in Russian). Vol. III. 1905. pp. 70–73.
  9. ^ 2001 All Ukrainian population census results for Odesa Region Archived July 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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Administrative divisions of Odesa Oblast
Administrative divisions of Izmail Raion
Authority control databases: Geographic
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