Chernihiv Raion

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Not to be confused with Chernigovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Chernihivskyi Raion
Чернігівський район
Raion
Flag of Chernihivskyi Raion
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Coat of arms of Chernihivskyi Raion
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Raion location in Chernihiv Oblast
Raion location in Chernihiv Oblast
Coordinates: 51°29′N 31°17′E / 51.483°N 31.283°E / 51.483; 31.283Coordinates: 51°29′N 31°17′E / 51.483°N 31.283°E / 51.483; 31.283
CountryUkraine
OblastChernihiv Oblast
Admin. centerChernihiv
Subdivisions20 hromadas
Area
 • Total2,547 km2 (983 sq mi)
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total451,430
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
WebsiteOfficial website

Chernihiv Raion (Ukrainian: Чернігівський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Chernihiv. Population: 451,430 (2021 est.)[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Chernihiv Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Horodnia, Kozelets, Kulykivka, and Ripky Raions, as well as part of Mena Raion and the city of Chernihiv, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Chernihiv Raion.[2][3] Before the expansion, the raion covered an area of 2,547 square kilometres (983 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 51,152 (2020 est.)[4]

Subdivisions[]

Before 2020[]

Chernihiv Raion in Chernihiv Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of eight hromadas:[5]

  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Honcharivske;
  • with the administration in the selo of ;
  • with the administration in the selo of ;
  • with the administration in the selo of ;
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske;
  • with the administration in the selo of ;
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Olyshivka;
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Sedniv.

After 2020[]

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 20 hromadas:[3]

  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Berezna, transferred from Mena Raion;[6]
  • Chernihiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Chernihiv, was previously a city of oblast significance;[7]
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Desna, transferred from Kozelets Raion;[8]
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Dobrianka, transferred from Ripky Raion;[9]
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Honcharivske, retained from Chernihiv Raion;
  • with the administration in the city of Horodnia, transferred from Horodnia Raion;[10]
  • with the administration in the selo of , retained from Chernihiv Raion;
  • with the administration in the selo of , transferred from Kozelets Raion;[8]
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kozelets, transferred from Kozelets Raion;[8]
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kulykivka, transferred from Kulykivka Raion;[11]
  • with the administration in the selo of , retained from Chernihiv Raion;
  • with the administration in the selo of , retained from Chernihiv Raion;
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Liubech, transferred from Ripky Raion;[9]
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske, retained from Chernihiv Raion;
  • with the administration in the selo of , retained from Chernihiv Raion;
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Olyshivka, retained from Chernihiv Raion;
  • with the administration in the city of Oster, transferred from Kozelets Raion;[8]
  • with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Ripky, transferred from Ripky Raion;[9]
  • , with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Sedniv, retained from Chernihiv Raion;
  • with the administration in the selo of , transferred from Horodnia Raion.[10]

Geography[]

Overview[]

The raion borders with the raions of Ripky, Horodnia, Mena, Kulykivka and Kozelets. It borders also with the city of Slavutych, an exclave of Kyiv Oblast, the Kyivan raion of Ivankiv, and the Belarusian raion of Brahin, in Gomel Oblast. Its capital, Chernihiv, is located in the middle of the raion, but is administratively separate.[12]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ a b "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Чернігівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  6. ^ "Менська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  7. ^ "Черниговская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  8. ^ a b c d "Козелецька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  9. ^ a b c "Ріпкинська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  10. ^ a b "Городнянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  11. ^ "Куликівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  12. ^ 1753464 (x a j h) Chernihiv Raion on OpenStreetMap

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