Shumsk Raion ( uk, Шумський район) was a former
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 ...
in
Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...
in western
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 ...
. Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
was
Shumsk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Shumsk Raion was merged into
Kremenets Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two
hromadas:
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Shumsk urban hromada with the administration in Shumsk;
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Velyki Dederkaly rural hromada
Velyki Dederkaly rural territorial hromada ( uk, Великодедеркальська територіальна громада, translit=Velykodederkalska silska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada in Ukraine, in Kremenets Raion of Ternopil Obl ...
with the administration in the
selo of
Velyki Dederkaly
Velyki Dederkaly (, pl, Dederkały Wielkie) is a village in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Velyki Dederkaly urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Until 18 July 2020, Velyki Dederkaly was locat ...
.
See also
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Subdivisions of Ukraine
The administrative divisions of Ukraine ( Ukrainian: Адміністрати́вний у́стрій Украї́ни, tr. ''Administratyvnyi ustrii Ukrainy'') are subnational administrative divisions within the geographical area of Ukraine u ...
References
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Former raions of Ternopil Oblast
1940 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform