Kremenets Raion Explained

Kremenets Raion
Native Name:	Кременецький район
Native Name Lang:	uk
Settlement Type:	Raion
Flag Alt:	Flag of Kremenets Raion
Shield Alt:	Coat of arms of Kremenets Raion
Image Map1:	Kremenets Raion 2020.svg
Subdivision Type:	Country
Parts Type:	Subdivisions
Parts:	8 hromadas
Established Title:	Established
Established Date:	1939
Seat Type:	Admin. center
Seat:	Kremenets
Leader Title:	Governor
Leader Title1:	Chairman
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	2650.7
Population Total:	140063
Population As Of:	2022
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	EET
Utc Offset1:	+02:00
Timezone1 Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+03:00
Postal Code Type:	Postal index
Postal Code:	47000
Area Code Type:	Area code
Area Code:	380-3546

Kremenets Raion (Ukrainian: Кременецький район) is a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center is the city of Kremenets. Population:

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Kremenets Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Lanivtsi and Shumsk Raions, as well as a part of one more abolished raion, Zbarazh Raion, and the city of Kremenets, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kremenets Raion.^[1] ^[2] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8 hromadas:^[2]

Borsuky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Borsuky, transferred from Lanivtsi Raion;^[3]
Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kremenets, retained from Kremenets Raion and transferred from the city of oblast significance of Kremenets;
Lanivtsi urban hromada with the administration in the city of Lanivtsi, transferred from Lanivtsi Raion;^[3]
Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lopushne, retained from Kremenets Raion;
Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Pochaiv, retained from Kremenets Raion;
Shumsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Shumsk, transferred from Shumsk Raion;^[4]
Velyki Dederkaly rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyki Dederkaly, transferred from Shumsk Raion;^[4]
Vyshnivets settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Vyshnivets, transferred from Zbarazh Raion.^[5]

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:^[6]

Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in Kremenets, also included the city of Kremenets;
Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in Lopushne;
Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in Pochaiv.

History

The area was known as the Kremenets Uyezd when it was part of the Russian Empire. It was part of Volhynian Governorate.^[7]

Notes and References

News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ. . 2020-10-03 . 2020-07-18 . Голос України . uk . 2021-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709121303/http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 . live .
Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian . 2021-03-04 . 2021-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210302224321/https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ . live .
Web site: Лановецька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian . 2023-02-11 . 2022-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220320114855/https://gromada.info/ru/region/Тернопольская-область/Лановецкий-район/ . live .
Web site: Шумська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian . 2023-02-11 . 2022-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220320123500/https://gromada.info/ru/region/Тернопольская-область/Шумский-район/ . live .
Web site: Збаразька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian . 2023-02-11 . 2022-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220320160938/https://gromada.info/ru/region/Тернопольская-область/Збаражский-район/ . live .
Web site: Кременецька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian . 2023-02-11 . 2021-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210623213445/https://gromada.info/ru/region/Тернопольская-область/Кременецкий-район/ . live .
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kremenets/General_information_on_Kremenets/rusandpol.htm KREMENETS HISTORY