Kelmentsi Raion ( uk, Кельменецький район) was an administrative

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 A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

) in the southern part of

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the regio ...

in western

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 ...

, on the

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n border. It was part of the historical region of

Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...

. The administrative center was 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 Kelmentsi. The region had an area of . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kelmentsi Raion was merged into

Dnistrovskyi Raion Dnistrovskyi Raion ( uk, Дністровський район) is a raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the urban-typ ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two

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 ...

Kelmentsi settlement hromada Kelmentsi ( uk, Кельменці; ro, Chelmenți) is an urban-type settlement in Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The town is also the administrative center of the Dnistrovskyi Raion (district), housing the local district admini ...

with the administration in Kelmentsi and

Livyntsi rural hromada Livyntsi ( uk, Лівинці; ro, Levinți) is a village in Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Livyntsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Livyntsi was located i ...

with the administration in the selo of

Livyntsi Livyntsi ( uk, Лівинці; ro, Levinți) is a village in Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Livyntsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Livyntsi was located i ...

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Web page on the website of Regional State Administration
{{authority control Former raions of Chernivtsi Oblast 1960 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform

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