Stara Vyzhivka Raion ( uk, Старовижівський 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 ...
in
Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast ( uk, Воли́нська о́бласть, translit=Volýnsʹka óblastʹ; also referred to as Volyn or Lodomeria) is an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town an ...
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 ...
. 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 ...
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
Stara Vyzhivka
Stara Vyzhivka ( uk, Стара Вижівка, pl, Wyżwa Stara) is an urban settlement (town) in Volyn Oblast (province), located in the historic region of the Volhynia. It is an administrative seat of the Stara Vyzhivka Raion. Population:
R ...
. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into
Kovel Raion
Kovel Raion ( uk, Ковельський район) is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Kovel. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Volyn ...
on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Volyn Oblast to four.
The last estimate of the raion population was
See also
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Administrative divisions of Volyn Oblast Volyn Oblast is subdivided into districts (''raions'') which are subdivided into territorial communities (''hromadas'').
Current
On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to four. These are:
# Kamin-Kashyrskyi (Камінь-Кашир ...
References
External links
stvadm.gov.ua
Former raions of Volyn Oblast
1966 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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