Polonne 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 ...

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...

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. Its

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Polonne Polonne (, ) is a city on the Khomora River in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Polonne hosts the administration of Polonne urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The current estimated population is ...

. It was established in 1923. 1 city (

), 1 urban-type settlement and 45 villages were located in Polonne Raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Polonne Raion was merged into

Shepetivka Raion Shepetivka Raion () is a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Shepetivka. Its population is On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast was reduce ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was

Geography

Polonne Raion was a part of

Volhynia Volhynia or Volynia ( ; see #Names and etymology, below) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between southeastern Poland, southwestern Belarus, and northwestern Ukraine. The borders of the region are not clearly defined, but in ...

. It was one out 20 Raions of

. This was a small raion, it occupied 15th place among the districts of the region (866 km² corresponds to 4,2% of the total area of

). Polonne Raion was east of

, north of

Starokostiantyniv Raion Starokostiantyniv Raion (, ) was one of the 20 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the city of Starokostiantyniv. Its population was 37,459 as of the 2001 Ukra ...

, west and south-west of

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast (), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna (), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr. Its population is approximately H ...

(

Liubar Raion Liubar Raion () was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the urban-type settlement of Liubar. The raion covered an area of . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the admini ...

Romaniv Raion Romaniv Raion (), formerly ''Dzerzhynsk Raion,'' was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Romaniv. The raion covered an area of . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the a ...

and

Baranivka Raion Baranivka Raion () was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine bor ...

). The Sluch, Homora, Derevychka, Smilka and other rivers flowed through the district. There was a rail line through the district (

Shepetivka Shepetivka (, ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city located on the Huska River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Oblast, province) in western Ukraine. Shepetivka is the Capital (political), administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (Raion, district). ...

—

Berdychiv Berdychiv (, ) is a historic city in Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Berdychiv Raion within the oblast. It is south of the administrative center of the oblast, Zhytomyr. Its population is approximat ...

Subdivisions

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: *

Polonne urban hromada Polonne (, ) is a city on the Khomora River in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Oblast, province) of western Ukraine. Polonne hosts the administration of Polonne urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The current estimated populatio ...

with the administration in Polonne; * Poninka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Poninka.

History

From 1923 to 1932 the district was part of Shepetivka region, then from 1932 to 1937 it was part of

Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast (, ), also referred to as Vinnychchyna (), is an oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in central Ukraine. Its capital city, administrative center is Vinnytsia. The oblast has a population of History Vinnytsia Oblast, first established on ...

. Following that from 1937 to 1954 it was part of Kamenets Podolsk region. Since 1954 it has been part of

. Finally Polonne Raion was formed December 8, 1966.Адміністративно-територіяльний поділ Заславщини наприкінці XVIII – початку ХХІ ст.

References

External links

www.polonne.com

Хмельницька обласна радаPassport Polonskyi Raion (doc)
* {{Authority control Former raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast States and territories established in 1923 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform