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Kremenets Raion ( uk, Кременецький район) is a
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:
* Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in Kremenets, also included the city of Kremenets;
* Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in Lopushne;
* Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in Pochaiv.
KREMENETS HISTORY
by Ronald D. Doctor, 9 March 2001
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 Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...
of 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 ...
. The administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
is the city of Kremenets
Kremenets ( uk, Крем'янець, Кременець, translit. ''Kremianets'', ''Kremenets''; pl, Krzemieniec; yi, קרעמעניץ, Kremenits) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center o ...
. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Kremenets Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Lanivtsi
Lanivtsi (; russian: Лановцы, Lanovtsy; ; yi, לאַנאָוויץ, Lanovits), is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The population is 8,680 as of 2001. It hosts the administration of Lanivtsi urban hromada, one of the h ...
and Shumsk Raion
Shumsk Raion ( uk, Шумський район) was a former raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was Shumsk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced ...
s, as well as a part of one more abolished raion, Zbarazh Raion
Zbarazh Raion ( uk, Збаразький район) was a subdivision known as a ''raion'', of Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine. The administrative center was the city of Zbarazh. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative re ...
, and the city of Kremenets, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kremenets Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was .
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8hromada
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:
* Borsuky rural hromada
Borsuky rural territorial hromada ( uk, Борсуківська територіальна громада, translit=Borsukivska silska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada in Ukraine, in Kremenets Raion of Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, ...
with the administration in the selo of Borsuky, transferred from Lanivtsi Raion;
* Kremenets urban hromada
Kremenets ( uk, Крем'янець, Кременець, translit. ''Kremianets'', ''Kremenets''; pl, Krzemieniec; yi, קרעמעניץ, Kremenits) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center o ...
with the administration in the city of Kremenets
Kremenets ( uk, Крем'янець, Кременець, translit. ''Kremianets'', ''Kremenets''; pl, Krzemieniec; yi, קרעמעניץ, Kremenits) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center o ...
, retained from Kremenets Raion and transferred from the city of oblast significance of Kremenets;
* Lanivtsi urban hromada
Lanivtsi urban territorial hromada ( uk, Лановецька територіальна громада, translit=Lanovetska miska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada in Ukraine, in Kremenets Raion of Ternopil Oblast. The administrative center i ...
with the administration in the city of Lanivtsi
Lanivtsi (; russian: Лановцы, Lanovtsy; ; yi, לאַנאָוויץ, Lanovits), is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The population is 8,680 as of 2001. It hosts the administration of Lanivtsi urban hromada, one of the h ...
, transferred from Lanivtsi Raion;
* Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lopushne, retained from Kremenets Raion;
* Pochaiv urban hromada
Pochaiv ( uk, Почаїв, pl, Poczajów, yi, פּאטשאיעװ, Pitshayev) is a town in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the Kremenets Raion (district), and is located 18 km south-west of Kremenets and ...
with the administration in the city of Pochaiv
Pochaiv ( uk, Почаїв, pl, Poczajów, yi, פּאטשאיעװ, Pitshayev) is a town in the Ternopil Oblast (Oblast, province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the Kremenets Raion (Raion, district), and is located 18 km south-west of ...
, retained from Kremenets Raion;
* Shumsk urban hromada
Shumsk (, , yi, שומסק, Shimsk) is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shumsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population is
Until 18 July 2020, Shumsk was the administrative c ...
with the administration in the city of Shumsk
Shumsk (, , yi, שומסק, Shimsk) is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shumsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population is
Until 18 July 2020, Shumsk was the administrative c ...
, transferred from Shumsk Raion;
* Velyki Dederkaly rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyki Dederkaly, transferred from Shumsk Raion;
* Vyshnivets settlement hromada
Vyshnivets ( uk, Вишнівець, Romanization of Ukrainian, translit. ''Vyshnivets’''; pl, Wiśniowiec) is an urban-type settlement in Kremenets Raion (raion, district) of the Ternopil Oblast (oblast, province) of western Ukraine. It hosts ...
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 Vyshnivets
Vyshnivets ( uk, Вишнівець, translit. ''Vyshnivets’''; pl, Wiśniowiec) is an urban-type settlement in Kremenets Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vyshnivets settlem ...
, transferred from Zbarazh Raion.
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:
* Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in Kremenets, also included the city of Kremenets;
* Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in Lopushne;
* Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in Pochaiv.
History
The area was known as the KremenetsUyezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
when it was part of the Russian Empire. It was part of Volhynian Governorate
Volhynian Governorate or Volyn Governorate (russian: Волы́нская губе́рния, translit=Volynskaja gubernija, uk, Волинська губернія, translit=Volynska huberniia) was an administrative-territorial unit initially ...
.by Ronald D. Doctor, 9 March 2001
References
External links
{{Authority control 1939 establishments in Ukraine Raions of Ternopil Oblast