Starobilskyi Raion | |
Native Name: | Старобільський район |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Raion |
Flag Alt: | Flag of Starobilskyi Raion |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Starobilskyi Raion |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Coordinates: | 49.2497°N 38.9194°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts: | 8 hromadas |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1923 |
Seat Type: | Admin. center |
Seat: | Starobilsk |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Volodymyr Cherevatyi |
Leader Title1: | Chairman |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 6,930.6 |
Population Total: | 123833 |
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: | 92700—92764 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 6461 |
Website: | http://stb.loga.gov.ua |
Starobilsk Raion is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the town of Starobilsk. Population:
Its territory was greatly expanded during the 2020 Ukrainian administrative reforms.
Starobilsk Raion was established in spring 1923 as an administrative unit of the Ukrainian SSR.
On February 5, 1965, in accordance with a decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR that tweaked administration across the republic, was transferred from Starobilsk Raion to Bilovodsk Raion, slightly shrinking the former's territory.[1]
The January 2020 estimate of the raion's population was
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government, and the area of Starobilsk Raion was significantly expanded.[2] [3] Two abolished raions, Chornobai and Drabiv Raions, as well as the city of Starobilsk, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Starobilsk Raion.
The raion contains eight hromadas:
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census: