Kremenets Raion

Kremenets Raion (Ukrainian: Кременецький район) is a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center is the city of Kremenets. Population: 140,063 (2022 est.).[1]

Kremenets Raion
Кременецький район
Raion
Flag of Kremenets Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Kremenets Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50.08°N 25.75°E / 50.08; 25.75
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
Established1939
Admin. centerKremenets
Subdivisions8 hromadas
Area
 • Total2,650.7 km2 (1,023.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total140,063
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
47000
Area code380-3546
Websiterairada-kremenets.gov.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Kremenets Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Lanivtsi and Shumsk Raions, as well as a part of one more abolished raion, Zbarazh Raion, and the city of Kremenets, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kremenets Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 45,884 (2020 est.).[4]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8 hromadas:[3]

  • Borsuky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Borsuky, transferred from Lanivtsi Raion;[5]
  • Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kremenets, retained from Kremenets Raion and transferred from the city of oblast significance of Kremenets;
  • Lanivtsi urban hromada with the administration in the city of Lanivtsi, transferred from Lanivtsi Raion;[5]
  • Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lopushne, retained from Kremenets Raion;
  • Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Pochaiv, retained from Kremenets Raion;
  • Shumsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Shumsk, transferred from Shumsk Raion;[6]
  • Velyki Dederkaly rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyki Dederkaly, transferred from Shumsk Raion;[6]
  • Vyshnivets settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Vyshnivets, transferred from Zbarazh Raion.[7]

Before 2020
Kremenets Raion in Ternopil Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[8]

  • Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in Kremenets, also included the city of Kremenets;
  • Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in Lopushne;
  • Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in Pochaiv.

History

The area was known as the Kremenets Uyezd when it was part of the Russian Empire. It was part of Volhynian Governorate.[9]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  5. "Лановецька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  6. "Шумська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  7. "Збаразька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  8. "Кременецька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  9. KREMENETS HISTORY Archived 2022-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, by Ronald D. Doctor, 9 March 2001

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