Reni, Ukraine

Reni
Рені
City
Flag of Reni
Coat of arms of Reni
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
OblastOdesa Oblast
RaionIzmail Raion
HromadaReni urban hromada
Government
 • City Head/MayorIhor Plekhov
Area
 • Total
393 km2 (152 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
17,736
 • 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: Рені, 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]

  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.