Tysmenytsia Raion ( uk, Ти́сменицький райо́н, translit=Tysmenyćkyj rajon) was an administrative raion (

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 ...

) of

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...

(

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

) 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 ...

. It was created on December 8, 1966, as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. Since March 28, 1982 the name of raion was changed to Tysmenytsia when the administrative center of it became the city of

Tysmenytsia Tysmenytsia ( uk, Ти́смениця, translit=Tysmenycia; pl, Tyśmienica) is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tysmenytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Uk ...

. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Oblast to six. The area of Tysmenytsia Raion was merged into

Ivano-Frankivsk Raion Ivano-Frankivsk Raion ( uk, Івано-Франківський район, translit=Ivano-Frankiwśkyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was .

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of six

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: * Lysets 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 Lysets; *

Tysmenytsia urban hromada Tysmenytsia ( uk, Ти́смениця, translit=Tysmenycia; pl, Tyśmienica) is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tysmenytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukrai ...

with the administration in Tysmenytsia; * Uhryniv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Uhryniv; * Yamnytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Yamnytsia; * Yezupil settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of

Yezupil Yezupil ( uk, Єзупіль; pl, Jezupol) is an urban-type settlement in western Ukraine. It is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region), approximately north of the administrative center of the oblast, I ...

; * Zahvizdia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Zahvizdia.

Geography

The raion was located near the eastern border of

. To the north it bordered

Halych Raion Halych Raion ( uk, Га́лицький райо́н, translit=Halyćkyj rajon) was a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) in Ukraine. The town of Halych served as the administrative center of the district. The raion was abolished o ...

, to the west – Kalush and Bohorodchany raions, to the south –

Kolomyia Kolomyia, formerly known as Kolomea ( ua, Коломия, Kolomyja, ; pl, Kołomyja; german: Kolomea; ro, Colomeea; yi, ), is a city located on the Prut River in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), in western Ukraine. It serves as the admi ...

and Nadvirna raions, and to the east –

Tlumach Raion Tlumach Raion ( uk, Тлу́мацький райо́н, translit=Tłumaćkyj rajon) was a raion (district) of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) in Ukraine. The city of Tlumach was the administrative center of the raion. The raion was abolishe ...

with small portion of an oblast demarcation line with

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 ...

. The raion completely surrounded

Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality is a former administrative subdivision of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast located within the Tysmenytsia Raion and completely surrounded by that raion. It consisted of the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, the administrative center ...

with numerous villages bordering with it and are part of the city's infrastructure: Uhryniv, Yamnytsia, Drahomyrchany, Zahvizdya, and others. The administrative center of the raion, Tysmenytsia, is only away from Ivano-Frankivsk. The oldest settlements in the raion were Cherniiv (1404), Stari Kryvotuly (1436), Uhryniv (1440), and others.

Government

* Executive: Head of Raion State Administration – Volodymyr Semeniv * Legislative: Raion Council (85 seats): Chairman – Mykola Nahornyi ( Rukh) ** Tysmenytsia City municipality ** Yezupil Town municipality ** Lysets Town municipality ** 41 rural municipalities (communes) encompassing 48 villages

Education

There were 43 general education schools in the raion with the best ones located in Tysmenytsia, Yezupil, Lysets, Markivtsi, Radcha, Stari Kryvotuly, Chorny Lis, and Uhryniv.

Administrative division

Tysmenytsia Raion was divided into several municipalities (councils) some which are urban, others are rural. There were two types of urban municipalities: city and settlement (township). Rural municipalities (communes) may consist of a single village or combined into several villages, however most of the rural municipalities consisted of a single village. Also, the city of Tysmenytsia carried a special status of independent administration within the

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 ...

. ;Urban (city, township) *

* Lysets *

;Rural (communes) *Berezivka *Bratkivtsi *Cherniiv *Chornoliztsi *Chukalivka *Dobrovlyany *Dovhe *Drahomyrchany * Hannusivka *Khomiakivka *Klubivtsi *Kluziv *Kozyna * Kolodiivka * Lypivka (Nova Lypivka, Studynets) *Maidan (Nova Huta) *Markivtsi (Odayi) *Myluvannia *Novi Kryvotuly (Ternovytsia) *Pavlivka *Pidluzhia *Pidlissia *Pidpechery *Poberezhia *Posich *Pshenychnyky (Pohonya) *Radcha *Rybne *Roshniv *Silets *Slobidka *Staryi Kryvotuly (Krasylivka) *Staryi Lysets *Stebnyk *Stryhantsi *Tiaziv * Uhryniv *Uzyn *Vilshanytsia * Yamnytsia *Zahvizdia ;Ten most populous * Tysmenytsia 9,720 * Cherniiv 3,972 * Stary Lysets 3,795 * Zahvizdya 3,684 * Yamnytsia 3,358 * Uhryniv 3,227 * Stari Kryvotuly 3,112 * Chornoliztsi 3,097 * Radcha 3,062 * Yezupil 3,026 Most of the populous municipalities were located next to

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

city virtually serving as the extraterritorial units of it (suburbs). The smallest municipality of the raion was the Posich municipality which in 2001 accounted to only 84 residents. Note that as a settlement Posich was not the smallest.

References

External links

Verkhovna Rada website
- Administrative divisions on the Tysmenytsia raion

{{Authority control Former raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 1966 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform