Kropyvnytskyi Raion is a

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

(district) of

Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast ( uk, Кіровоградська область, translit=Kirovohradska oblast; also referred to as Kirovohradschyna — uk, Кіровоградщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the ...

in central

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. Its administrative center is the city of

Kropyvnytskyi Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its nam ...

(until July 2016 Kirovohrad). Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Kropyvnytskyi Raion was significantly expanded. Seven abolished raions,

Bobrynets Bobrynets (, russian: Бо́бринец, yi, בוברניץ) is a city in Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Bobrynets urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Histor ...

, Dolynska,

Kompaniivka Kompaniivka ( uk, Компаніївка) is an urban-type settlement in Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (region) of central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kompaniivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Populatio ...

, Novhorodka, Oleksandrivka, Ustynivka, and Znamianka Raions, as well as

and Znamianka Municipalities, were merged into Kropyvnytskyi Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was The district was known as Kirovohrad Raion until November 2018, when it was renamed in accordance with the decommunisation law.

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 17

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s: * Adzhamka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Adzhamka, retained from Kropyvnytskyi Raion; *

Bobrynets urban hromada Bobrynets (, russian: Бо́бринец, yi, בוברניץ) is a city in Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Bobrynets urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Histo ...

with the administration in the city of

, transferred from Bobrynets Raion; * Dmytrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dmytrivka, transferred from Znamianka Raion; * Dolynska urban hromada with the administration in the city of Dolynska, transferred from Dolynska Raion; * Hurivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Hurivka, transferred from Dolynska Raion; * Katerynivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Katerynivka, retained from Kropyvnytskyi Raion; * Ketrysanivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ketrysanivka, transferred from Bobrynets Raion; * Kompaniivka settlement hromada with the administration in the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

, transferred from Kompaniivka Raion; * Kropyvnytskyi urban hromada with the administration in the city of

, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Kropyvnytskyi; * Novhorodka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Novhorodka, transferred from Novhorodka Raion; * Oleksandrivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Oleksandrivka, transferred from Oleksandrivka Raion; * Pervozvanivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pervozvanivka, retained from Kropyvnytskyi Raion; * Sokolivske rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sokolivske, retained from Kropyvnytskyi Raion; * Subottsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Subottsi, transferred from Znamianka Raion; * Ustynivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Ustynivka, transferred from Ustynivka Raion; * Velyka Severynka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyka Severynka, retained from Kropyvnytskyi Raion; * Znamianka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Znamianka, transferred from Znamianka Municipality.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of five hromadas: * Adzhamka rural hromada with the administration in Adzhamka; * Katerynivka rural hromada with the administration in Katerynivka; * Pervozvanivka rural hromada with the administration in Pervozvanivka; * Sokolivske rural hromada with the administration in Sokolivske; * Velyka Severynka rural hromada with the administration in Velyka Severynka.

References

{{Authority control Raions of Kirovohrad Oblast Former Soviet toponymy in Ukraine 1923 establishments in Ukraine