Polonne Raion ( uk, Полонський район) was 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 ...

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

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 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 ...

Polonne Polonne () is a city on the Khomora River in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Polonne hosts the administration of Polonne urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The current estimated population is Po ...

. It was established in 1923. 1 city (

), 1 urban-type settlement and 45 villages were located in Polonne Raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Polonne Raion was merged into

Shepetivka Raion Shepetivka Raion ( uk, Шепетівський район) is a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Shepetivka. Its population is On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was

Geography

Polonne Raion was a part of

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...

. It was one out 20 Raions of

. This was a small raion, it occupied 15th place among the districts of the region (866 km² corresponds to 4,2% of the total area of

). Polonne Raion was east of

, north of

Starokostiantyniv Raion Starokostiantyniv Raion ( uk, Старокостянтинівський район, ) was one of the 20 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the city of Starok ...

, west and south-west of

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...

( Liubar Raion, Romaniv Raion and

Baranivka Raion Baranivka Raion ( uk, Баранівський район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country af ...

). The Sluch, Homora, Derevychka, Smilka and other rivers flowed through the district. There was a rail line through the district (

Shepetivka Shepetivka ( uk, Шепеті́вка; pl, Szepetówka) is a city located on the Huska River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Shepetivka is the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (district). It hosts the administrati ...

—

Berdychiv Berdychiv ( uk, Берди́чів, ; pl, Berdyczów; yi, באַרדיטשעװ, Barditshev; russian: Берди́чев, Berdichev) is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center ...

Subdivisions

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 ...

s: *

Polonne urban hromada Polonne () is a city on the Khomora River in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Polonne hosts the administration of Polonne urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The current estimated population is P ...

with the administration in Polonne; *

Poninka settlement hromada Poninka ( uk, Понінка) is an urban-type settlement in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Poninka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The settlement's population was 7,937 a ...

with the administration in the urban-type settlement of

Poninka Poninka ( uk, Понінка) is an urban-type settlement in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Poninka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The settlement's population was 7,937 a ...

History

From 1923 to 1932 the district was part of Shepetivka region, then from 1932 to 1937 it was part of

Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast ( uk, Ві́нницька о́бласть, translit=Vinnytska oblast; ; also referred to as Vinnychchyna — uk, Ві́нниччина) is an oblast of western and southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. ...

. Following that from 1937 to 1954 it was part of Kamenets Podolsk region. Since 1954 it has been part of

. Finally Polonne Raion was formed December 8, 1966.Адміністративно-територіяльний поділ Заславщини наприкінці XVIII – початку ХХІ ст.

References

External links

www.polonne.com

Хмельницька обласна радаPassport Polonskyi Raion (doc)
* {{Authority control Former raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast States and territories established in 1923 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform