Sosnytsia 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

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast (), also referred to as Chernihivshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. There are 1,511 sett ...

, northern

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. Its administrative centre was located at the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

Sosnytsia Sosnytsia () is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement in Koriukivka Raion (raion, district) of Chernihiv Oblast (oblast, province) in north-central Ukraine. It is located on the west bank of the Ubid River, a tributary ...

. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Sosnytsia Raion was merged into

Koriukivka Raion Koriukivka Raion () is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the town of Koriukivka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raion ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one

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 ...

Sosnytsia settlement hromada Sosnytsia settlement hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast. The territory of the hromada is located within the Dnieper Lowland, in Polissya. Its administrative center is the town of Sosnytsia. It has an ...

with the administration in Sosnytsia.

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{{authority control Former raions of Chernihiv Oblast 1935 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform