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