Ferapontievca (Gagauz: Parapontika) is a commune and village in the Comrat district, Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit of the Republic of Moldova. According to the 2024 Moldovan census the commune has 600 people, 258 (43%) of them being Ukrainians and 219 (36.50%) being Gagauz.[2]
Ferapontievca
Parapontika | |
|---|---|
 St. John the Theologian church in Ferapontievca | |
  Ferapontievca Location of Ferapontievca in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 46°14′24″N 28°46′28″E / 46.24000°N 28.77444°E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| Autonomous Region |  Gagauzia |
| Founded | 1784 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yelena Odnostalko[1] |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 600 |
| Ethnicity (2024 census) | |
| • Ukrainians | 43% |
| • Gagauz people | 36.50% |
| • other | 15.50% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Climate | Cfb |
History
editThe commune was founded in 1784 and named Ferapontievca, after Saint Ferapont. The commune was settled by Gagauz refugees from the Ottoman empire and Ukrainians from Zaporizhzhia. The latter was led by the Imperial Russian general Ivan Inzov, a plenipotentiary of the Bessarabia Governorate. In 1862, the "St. John the Theologian" church was built.[3]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2024 Moldovan census the commune has 600 people inhabitants, a 25.74% decrease from the previous census in 2014, when 808 inhabitants were registered.[2][4]
| Ethnic group | Population | % Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainians | 258 | 43% |
| Gagauz | 219 | 36.50% |
| Moldovans[a] | 36 | 6% |
| Russians | 31 | 5.16% |
| Romani | 23 | 3.83% |
| Bulgarians | 19 | 3.16% |
| Others | 14 | 2.33% |
| Total | 600 | 100% |
International relations
editTwin towns — Sister cities
editFerapontievca is twinned with:
Holubeche, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine;[5]
Notable people
edit- Vladimir Odnostalco (born 1984), Moldovan politician and psychologist
Notes
edit- ↑ There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.
References
edit- ↑ https://www.gagauzia.md/ru/administracziya-regiona/primarii/primariya-s.-ferapontevka.html
- 1 2 https://statistica.gov.md/en/statistic_indicator_details/60 Final Results of the Population and Housing Census 2024 - Population and Housing Census 2024: Ethno-cultural Characteristics (in Romanian)
- ↑ Duminika, Ivan (2017). "„Monografiile" comunelor plasei Comrat, județul Tighina, din 1943 (II)". Revista de Etnologie şi Culturologie (in Romanian). XXI (1): 102–105. ISSN 1857-2049.
- ↑ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ https://www.gagauzia.md/ru/administracziya-regiona/primarii/primariya-s.-ferapontevka.html
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