Berestyn Raion Explained
| Berestyn Raion |
| Native Name: | Берестинський район |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 49.3959°N 35.5187°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Ukraine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Berestyn |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts: | 6 hromadas |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4334.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 103856 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Berestyn Raion, formerly known as Krasnohrad Raion is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Berestyn. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Krasnohrad Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Kehychivka, Sakhnovshchyna, and Zachepylivka Raions, as well as part of Nova Vodolaha Raion, were merged into Krasnohrad Raion.[2] [3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Krasnohrad Raion to Berestyn Raion.[4]
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 6 hromadas:[3]
- Berestyn urban hromada with the administration in the city of Berestyn, retained from Krasnohrad Raion;
- Kehychivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kehychivka, transferred from Kehychivka Raion;[5]
- Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in the village of Natalyne, retained from Krasnohrad Raion;
- Sakhnovshchyna settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Sakhnovshchyna, transferred from Sakhnovshchyna Raion;[6]
- Starovirivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Starovirivka, transferred from Nova Vodolaha Raion.[7]
- Zachepylivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Zachepylivka, transferred from Zachepylivka Raion.[8]
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas:[9]
- Krasnohrad urban hromada with the administration in Krasnohrad;
- Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in Natalyne.
Notes and References
- Web site: Archived copy . 2023-01-07 . 2022-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220127043135/https://decentralization.gov.ua/areas/0572/rayons . dead .
- News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
- Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
- Web site: uk:Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів . Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions . 2024-09-19.
- Web site: Кегичівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
- Web site: Сахновщинська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
- Web site: Нововодолазька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
- Web site: Зачепилівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
- Web site: Красноградська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
