# Lunka

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For the Romanian village called Lunka in Hungarian, see [Baia de Criș](/source/Baia_de_Cri%C8%99).

**Lunka** (Ukrainian: Лунка; Romanian: *Lunca*) is a village in [Chernivtsi Raion](/source/Chernivtsi_Raion,_Chernivtsi_Oblast), Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to [Hertsa urban hromada](/source/Hertsa_urban_hromada), one of the [hromadas](/source/Hromada) of Ukraine.[1]

Until 18 July 2020, Lunka belonged to [Hertsa Raion](/source/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](/source/Hertsa_Raion) was merged into [Chernivtsi Raion](/source/Chernivtsi_Raion).[2][3] In 2001, 95.92% of the 588 inhabitants spoke Romanian (546 people), including 540 who called their language Romanian (91.84%) and 24 who called it Moldovan (4.08%) as their native language, with a minority of Ukrainian speakers (3.23% or 19 people) and of Russian-speakers (0.68% or 4 people).[4] In 1989, out of 497 people in the village, 428 were Romanians (86.12%), 51 were Moldovans (10.26%), 13 were Ukrainians (1.2%) and 4 were Russians (0.8%).[5] A majority of the population with a Moldovan and Moldovan-speaking identity switched their declared census identities from Moldovan and Moldovan-speaking to Romanian and Romanian-speaking between the 1989 and 2001 censuses, and the process has continued ever since, which was typical for the former [Hertsa Raion](/source/Hertsa_Raion).[6]

## Lunca massacre

Main article: [Lunca massacre](/source/Lunca_massacre)

A [massacre](/source/Lunca_massacre) took place there on February 7, 1941, when hundreds[7] of civilians (mostly [ethnic Romanians](/source/Ethnic_Romanians)) were killed during an attempt to cross the border from the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) to Romania.

## See also

- [Hertsa region](/source/Hertsa_region)
- [Dorohoi County](/source/Dorohoi_County)
- [Hertsa raion](/source/Hertsa_raion)
- [Romanians in Ukraine](/source/Romanians_in_Ukraine)

## References

1. ["Герцаевская громада"](https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/gercaivska/) (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

1. ["Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ."](http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466) (in Ukrainian). *Голос України*. 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

1. ["Нові райони: карти + склад"](https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/) (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

1. The Ukrainian census of 2001, language data by localities, at [https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/](https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/)

1. Ion Popescu and Constantin Ungureanu, *Romanii din Ucraina - intre trecut si viitor*, vol. 1 (*Romanii din Regiunea Cernauti*), Cernauti, 2005, p. 216.

1. Ion Popescu and Constantin Ungureanu, *Romanii din Ucraina - intre trecut si viitor*, vol. 1 (*Romanii din Regiunea Cernauti*), Cernauti, 2005, p. 261.

1. Pădurean, Bianca (7 February 2018). ["Pagina de istorie: Masacrul de la Lunca, pedeapsa pentru cei care au dorit să evadeze din "paradisul sovietic""](https://www.rfi.ro/politica-101050-pagina-de-istorie-masacrul-lunca-pedeapsa-dorit-evadeze) (in Romanian). *rfi.ro*. [Radio France Internationale](/source/Radio_France_Internationale). Retrieved 7 February 2022.

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