Bobrynetskyi 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 c ...
(district) of the
Kirovohrad Oblast
Kirovohrad Oblast (), also known as Kirovohradshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (''province'') in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi. The oblast's population is It is ...
in central
Ukraine
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. It covered an area of 1496 square kilometres. The administrative center of the raion was the city of
Bobrynets. The raion was established in 1939. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Bobrynets Raion was merged into
Kropyvnytskyi Raion
Kropyvnytskyi Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Kropyvnytskyi (until July 2016 Kirovohrad). Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s:
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Bobrynets urban hromada with the administration in Bobrynets;
*
Ketrysanivka rural hromada with the administration in the
selo of
Ketrysanivka.
References
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Former raions of Kirovohrad Oblast
1939 establishments in the Soviet Union
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform