Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast explained
Luhansk Oblast is subdivided into districts (raions) which are subdivided into territorial communities (hromadas).
Current
On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to eight.[1] [2] This includes territories not under control of Ukrainian government, where the old territorial division is in use. The eight districts are:
- Alchevsk (Алчевський район), the center is in the town of Alchevsk;
- Dovzhansk (Довжанський район), the center is in the town of Dovzhansk (Sverdlovsk);
- Luhansk (Луганський район), the center is in the city of Luhansk;
- Rovenky (Ровеньківський район), the center is in the town of Rovenky;
- Shchastia (Щастинський район), the center is in the urban-type settlement of Novoaidar;
- Sievierodonetsk (Сєвєродонецький район), the center is in the city of Sievierodonetsk;
- Starobilsk (Старобільський район), the center is in the town of Starobilsk;
- Svatove (Сватівський район), the center is in the town of Svatove.
| Luhansk Oblast |
| As of January 1, 2022 |
| Number of districts (райони) | 8 |
| Number of hromadas (громади) | 37 | |
Administrative divisions until 2020
Until 2020, Luhansk Oblast was subdivided into 32 regions: 18 districts (raions) and 14 city municipalities (mis'krada or misto), officially known as territories governed by city councils.[3]
In 2014, in Luhansk Oblast the War in Donbass started. As a result, part of the area was controlled by the Ukrainian government, whereas the rest was controlled by the forces of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). In particular, several raions and city municipalities were split between the government-controlled and LPR-controlled areas. To facilitate the governance, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. The list below contains LPR-controlled areas[4] [5] as well.
- Cities under the oblast's jurisdiction:
- Districts (raions):
- Antratsyt (Антрацитівський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Bilokurakyne (Білокуракинський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Bilovodsk (Біловодський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Krasnodon (Краснодонський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kreminna (Кремінський район)
- Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Lutuhyne (Лутугинський район)
- Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Markivka (Марківський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Milove (Міловський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Novoaidar (Новоайдарський район)
- Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Novopskov (Новопсковський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Perevalsk (Перевальський район)
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- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Popasna (Попаснянський район)
- Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Slovianoserbsk (Слов'яносербський район)
- Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Stanytsia-Luhanska (Станично-Луганський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Starobilsk (Старобільський район)
- Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Svatove (Сватівський район)
- Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Sverdlovsk (Свердловський район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Troitske (Троїцький район)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Notes and References
- 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: http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/popul_eng.htm . uk:Чисельність наявного населення України . State Service of Statistics . Ukrainian . 2 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140701120655/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/popul_eng.htm . 1 July 2014 .
- Web site: Кабмин назвал города Донбасса, подконтрольные сепаратистам. 14 November 2014. Корреспондент. Russian. 25 December 2015.
- Web site: Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике. Luhansk People's Republic. Russian. 21 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160204211939/http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf. 2016-02-04. dead.
