Krasnohrad 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 co ...

(

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) in

Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhan ...

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. Its

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is the town of

Krasnohrad Krasnohrad or KrasnogradAlso known as ''Krasnograd'' fortress (Красноград) (1731-1784), ''Konstantinograd'' fortress (Константиноград) (1784-1922), city of Konstantinograd (1922-1943). ( uk, Красногра́д, ) is a ...

. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Krasnohrad Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Kehychivka, Sakhnovshchyna, and Zachepylivka Raions, as well as part of Nova Vodolaha Raion, were merged into Krasnohrad Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 6 hromadas: * Kehychivka 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 ...

of Kehychivka, transferred from Kehychivka Raion; * Krasnohrad urban hromada with the administration in the city of

, retained from Krasnohrad Raion; * Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

of Natalyne, retained from Krasnohrad Raion; * Sakhnovshchyna settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Sakhnovshchyna, transferred from Sakhnovshchyna Raion; * Starovirivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Starovirivka, transferred from Nova Vodolaha Raion. * Zachepylivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Zachepylivka, transferred from Zachepylivka Raion.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas: * Krasnohrad urban hromada with the administration in Krasnohrad; * Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in Natalyne.

References

Raions of Kharkiv Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine {{Authority control