Yaremche Municipality Explained

Yaremche Municipality
Native Name:Яремчанська міська рада
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Raion
Flag Alt:Flag of Yaremche Municipality
Shield Alt:Coat of arms of Yaremche Municipality
Coordinates:48.4708°N 24.5794°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:coll
P1:  1 — city councils
P2:  1 — settlement councils
P3:4 — rural councils

P4:Number of localities:
  1 — cities
P5:  
P6:5 — villages
P7:  0 — rural settlements
Established Title:Established
Established Date:December 30, 1977
Seat Type:Admin. center
Seat:Yaremche
Leader Title:Governor
Leader Name:Vasyl Onutchak
Leader Title1:Chairman
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:657
Population Total:23186
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+02:00
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+03:00
Postal Code Type:Postal index
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380-3434

Yaremche Municipality was an administrative subdivision of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Population: . The municipality was created on December 30, 1977 out of the Nadvirna Raion. In 2006 the official name of it changed from Yaremcha to Yaremche. On December 14, 2006 the spelling of Yaremche officially has changed from Yaremcha. Most of the municipality is located within the Nadvirna Raion consisting of three non-adjacent territories (split by high mountains), one of which is bordering also Zakarpattia Oblast.

Administratively, until 2020, Yaremche was designated the city of oblast significance, and Yaremche Municipality was the territory subordinated to Yaremche City Council. On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was reduced to six, and Yaremche Municipality was abolished as an administrative subdivision and merged into Nadvirna Raion.[1] [2] The last estimate of the municipality population was .

Administrative division

At the time of disestablishment, the municipality consisted of three hromadas:[3]

Urban municipalities
Rural municipalities (communes)

Geography

The Yaremche municipality is located on the northeastern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains. It possesses numerous ski resorts such as Bukovel, there are also several of them near Vorokhta as well.

The main body of water is Prut river.

Infrastructure

Transportation

There is a railroad communication. The main railway terminal is located in Yaremche, however there is a rail station in Vorokhta as well. Through the municipality also run several automobile roads such as the national route H09 and the regional – P24 that starting at Tatariv and making some loop eventually heads to Ternopil Oblast. The closest airport is located in Ivano-Frankivsk.

Notes and References

  1. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  2. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  3. Web site: Яремчанская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.