Izium Raion () is a

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

(district) in

Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhans ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Its administrative center is the city of Izium. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Izium Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions –

Balakliia Balakliia ( uk, Балаклія, ; russian: Балаклея, translit=Balakleya) or Balakliya is a city in Izium Raion, in Kharkiv Oblast (province), eastern Ukraine, on the north-east side of the Siverskyi Donets river close to where it is jo ...

, Barvinkove, and Borova Raions – and the city of Izium, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Izium Raion. The pre-reform January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s: * Balakliia urban hromada with the administration in the city of

, transferred from Balakliia Raion; *

Barvinkove urban hromada Barvinkove () or Barvenkovo () is a city in Izium Raion of Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Barvinkove urban hromada, one of the communities of Ukraine. locally referred to as Barvinkove Population: History Barvinkove ...

with the administration in the city of Barvinkove, transferred from Barvinkove Raion; * Borova settlement hromada with the administration in the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

of Borova, transferred from Borova Raion; * Donets settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of

Donets The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Don ...

, transferred from Balakliia Raion; *

Izium urban hromada Izium or Izyum ( uk, Ізюм, ; russian: Изюм) is a city on the Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Izium Raion (district). Izium hosts the administration of Izium urban hr ...

with the administration in the city of Izium, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Izium; *

Kunie rural hromada Kunie (written: , , or ), sometimes transliterated as Kunié, is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese pioneering woman physician *, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese volleyball player *, ...

with the administration in the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

of Kunie, retained from Izium Raion; * Oskil rural hromada with the administration in the village of Oskil, retained from Izium Raion; * Savyntsi settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Savyntsi, transferred from Balakliia Raion.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas: * Kunie rural hromada with the administration in Kunie; * Oskil rural hromada with the administration in Oskil.

Silrada The local government in Ukraine ( uk, Місцева влада, Mistseva vlada) consists of two systemsBatanov, O. Local government (Місцева влада)'. Legal Encyclopedia. based on administrative divisions of Ukraine. There are 24 obl ...

References

Raions of Kharkiv Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine {{Authority control