Kalmiuske Raion (, ) is a prospective

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(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 city of

Kalmiuske Kalmiuske or Komsomolske is a city in Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is a limestone mining city, located on the Kalmius river of eastern Ukraine. It has a population of Geography Kalmiuske is located on the Kalmius river that f ...

. Population: Until the

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in 2022, the village of Slavne was the only locality of the raion under Ukrainian government control. The raion is occupied by

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

Subdivisions

The raion consists of five

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s: * Boikivske settlement hromada * Dokuchaievsk urban hromada * Kalmiuske urban hromada *

Novoazovsk urban hromada Novoazovsk urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Novoazovsk. The hromada contains 37 settlements: 1 city (Novoazovsk), 2 rural settlements ( Siedove and Obryv) ...

* Starobesheve settlement hromada

References

{{coord, 47, 38, N, 38, 06, E, type:adm2nd_region:UA, display=title Raions of Donetsk Oblast Ukrainian raions established during the 2020 administrative reform *