Kovel Raion ( uk, Ковельський район) is 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 ...
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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is
Kovel. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Volyn Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Kovel Raion was significantly expanded.
The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Notable people
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Dmitry Abramovich
Dmitry Ivanovich Abramovich (russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Абрамо́вич, 7 August 1873, Hulivka, Volhynian Governorate – 4 March 1955, Vilnius) was a Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet So ...
(1873—1955), Soviet historian and writer
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
koveladm.gov.ua
Raions of Volyn Oblast
1939 establishments in Ukraine
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