Velyka Buda

{{short description|Commune in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine}}

Velyka Buda ({{langx|uk|Велика Буда}}; {{langx|ro|Buda Mare}}) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Ostrytsia rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine,{{cite web |title=Острицкая громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/ostrycka/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}

This village is mostly populated by Romanian speaking people.

Until 18 July 2020, Velyka Buda belonged to 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.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} In 2001, 98.68% of the inhabitants spoke Romanian as their native language.The Ukrainian census of 2001, language data by localities, at https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ In the 1989 Soviet census, the number of residents who declared themselves Romanians plus Moldovans was 1,034 (1,019+15), representing 97.92% of the locality's population.Ion Popescu and Constantin Ungureanu, Romanii dn Ucraina - intre trecut si viitor, vol. 1 (Romanii din Regiunea Cernauti), Cernauti, 2005, p. 216.