Vovchansk Raion () was 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 ...
(
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
) 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 ...
of
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 ...
was the town of
Vovchansk
Vovchansk ( uk, Вовчанськ, ) is a Ukrainian city in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast (province). It hosts the administration of Vovchansk hromada (urban settlement), one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
History
The settlement ...
. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Vovchansk Raion was, together with
Pechenihy
Pechenihy ( uk, Печеніги, russian: Печенеги) is an urban-type settlement in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Pechenihy Raion. It hosts the administration of Pechenihy settlement hro ...
and
Zmiiv Raions, merged into
Chuhuiv Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two
hromada:
[ ]
*
Staryi Saltiv 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
Staryi Saltiv;
*
Vovchansk urban hromada with the administration in Vovchansk.
Geography
;Cities:
*
Vovchansk
Vovchansk ( uk, Вовчанськ, ) is a Ukrainian city in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast (province). It hosts the administration of Vovchansk hromada (urban settlement), one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
History
The settlement ...
;Urban-type settlements:
*
Bilyi Kolodiaz
*
Staryi Saltiv
*
Vilcha
References
External links
{{Authority control
Former raions of Kharkiv Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
Chuhuiv Raion