Lozova Raion ( uk, Лозівський район) 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 ...

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 ...

in eastern

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 inv ...

. Its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

is the city of

Lozova Lozova ( uk, Лозова́, ) or Lozovaya (russian: Лозова́я) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of the Lozova Raion (district). Lozova hosts the administration of Lozova urb ...

. Current 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 Lozova Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions,

Blyzniuky Blyzniuky ( uk, Близнюки, russian: Близнюки) is an urban-type settlement in Lozova Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Blyzniuky settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: The sett ...

and Pervomaiskyi Raions, as well as Lozova Municipality and the city of

Pervomaiskyi Pervomaiskyi ( uk, Первомайський), formerly known as Likhachevo or Lykhacheve; uk, Лихачеве until 1952, is a city in Lozova Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the fourth largest city in the oblast. Pervomaiskyi hosts ...

, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance, were merged into Lozova Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 5 hromadas: * Biliaivka rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of

Biliaivka Biliaivka ( uk, Біля́ївка, translit=Biliaivka, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the ...

, transferred from Pervomaiskyi Raion; *

Blyzniuky settlement hromada Blyzniuky ( uk, Близнюки, russian: Близнюки) is an urban-type settlement in Lozova Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Blyzniuky settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: The sett ...

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 Blyzniuky Raion; * Lozova urban hromada with the administration in the city of

, retained from Lozova Raion and transferred from Lozova Municipality; * Oleksiivka 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 Oleksiivka, transferred from Pervomaiskyi Raion; *

Pervomaiskyi urban hromada Pervomaiskyi ( uk, Первомайський), formerly known as Likhachevo or Lykhacheve; uk, Лихачеве until 1952, is a city in Lozova Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the fourth largest city in the oblast. Pervomaiskyi hosts ...

, with the administration in the city of

, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Pervomaiskyi.

Before 2020

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada, Lozova urban hromada with the administration in Lozova. The hromada also included Lozova Municipality.

References

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