Alchevsk Raion (; ) is a prospective

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

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. It was formally created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is in the town of

Alchevsk Alchevsk (; ) is a city and the nominal administrative center of Alchevsk Raion in Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. It is located from the administrative center of the oblast, Luhansk. Population: Alchevsk is one of t ...

. Population: The area of the raion is occupied by

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, which continues to use the old, pre-2020 administrative divisions of Ukraine.

Subdivisions

The raion contains three

hromadas In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Government of Ukraine on 12 June 2020. A municipality is designated ''urban hromada' ...

: * Alchevsk urban hromada; *

Kadiivka urban hromada Kadiivka urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Kadiivka. The hromada contains 35 settlements: 6 cities (Almazna, Brianka, Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Holubivka, Irm ...

; * Zymohiria urban hromada.

References

{{coord, 48, 28, N, 38, 34, E, type:adm2nd_region:UA, display=title Raions of Luhansk Oblast Ukrainian raions established during the 2020 administrative reform