Sheptytskyi Raion () is 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) of
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...
,
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 invas ...
. It was created as Chervonohrad Raion () on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of
Sheptytskyi. Two abolished raions,
Radekhiv
Radekhiv ( uk, Раде́хів; pl, Radziechów) is a city in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Radekhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .
Ed Stelmach, the premier ...
and
Sokal Raions, as well as
Chervonohrad Municipality and part of
Kamianka-Buzka Raion, were merged into the new raion.
Population:
On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Chervonohrad Raion to Sheptytskyi Raion along with the renaming of Chervonohrad to Sheptytskyi.
Subdivisions
The raion consists of 7
hromadas:
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Belz urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Belz
Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administ ...
, transferred from Sokal Raion;
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Dobrotvir 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
Dobrotvir
Dobrotvir ( uk, Добротвір, pl, Dobrotwór) is an urban-type settlement in Chervonohrad Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. The settlement is located on the left bank of the Western Bug, which is dammed here forming Dobrotvir Reservoir. It h ...
, transferred from Kamianka-Buzka Raion;
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Lopatyn settlement hromada
Lopatyn ( uk, Лопатин, pl, Łopatyn) is an urban-type settlement in Chervonohrad Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Ostrivka, a left tributary of the Styr in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Lopatyn ...
with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Lopatyn
Lopatyn ( uk, Лопатин, pl, Łopatyn) is an urban-type settlement in Chervonohrad Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Ostrivka, a left tributary of the Styr in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Lopatyn ...
, transferred from Radekhiv Raion;
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Radekhiv urban hromada
Radekhiv ( uk, Раде́хів; pl, Radziechów) is a city in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Radekhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .
Ed Stelmach, the premier ...
with the administration in the city of
Radekhiv
Radekhiv ( uk, Раде́хів; pl, Radziechów) is a city in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Radekhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .
Ed Stelmach, the premier ...
, transferred from Radekhiv Raion;
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Sheptytskyi urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Sheptytskyi, transferred from Chervonohrad Municipality;
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Sokal urban hromada
Sokal ( uk, Сокаль, romanized: ''Sokal'') is a city located on the Bug River in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is appro ...
with the administration in the city of
Sokal
Sokal ( uk, Сокаль, romanized: ''Sokal'') is a city located on the Bug River in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is appr ...
, transferred from Sokal Raion;
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Velyki Mosty urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Velyki Mosty
Velyki Mosty (, IPA: vəliki masti">Help:IPA.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Help:IPA">vəliki masti ; ) is a city in Chervonohrad Raion of Lviv Oblast (oblast, region) of Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Velyki Mosty urban hromada, one o ...
, transferred from Sokal Raion.
References
External links
Symbols of the New Districts in Ukraine: Chervonohrad Raion as an Example
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Raions of Lviv Oblast
Ukrainian raions established during the 2020 administrative reform
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