Popasna Raion

Popasna Raion (Ukrainian: Попаснянський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center was the town of Popasna. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 74,028 (2013 est.).[3]

Popasnianskyi Raion Попаснянський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°41′43″N 38°25′6″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1977
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Popasna
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   7 — settlement councils 3 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   7 — urban-type settlements 17 — villages   10 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Stanislav Fironov
Area
• Total	1,325 km2 (512 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	74,028
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	93300—93354
Area code	+380 6474
Website	http://pps.loga.gov.ua

During the War in Donbass the Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of the raion to the Lugansk People's Republic.[4][5]

On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the urban-type settlement of Chornukhyne was transferred to Popasna Raion from Perevalsk Raion, the urban-type settlement of Novotoshkivske from Kirovsk Municipality, and the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka from Pervomaisk Municipality. The part of Popasna Raion under control of the Lugansk People's Republic were transferred to other administrative units as well before the entirety of the Raion was taken from the forces of the Ukraine.