Staryi Sambir Raion ( uk, Старосамбірський 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
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...
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 ...
was the city of
Staryi Sambir
Staryi Sambir (, ) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, close to the border with Poland. Staryi Sambir hosts the administration of Staryi Sambir urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximatel ...
. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Staryi Sambir Raion was merged into
Sambir Raion
Sambir Raion ( uk, Самбірський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Sambir. Population: . It was established in 1965.
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, t ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was .
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four
hromadas:
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Dobromyl urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Dobromyl
Dobrómyl’ ( ua, Добро́миль, links=no, pl, Dobromil, links=no) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located some 5 kilometers from the border with Poland. It hosts the administration of Dobromyl urban hromada, one of ...
;
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Khyriv urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Khyriv
Khyriv (, ) is a town in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast (oblast, region) of Ukraine with a population of around It hosts the administration of Khyriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
It became known principally for the celebrated Epo ...
;
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Staryi Sambir urban hromada with the administration in Staryi Sambir;
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Strilky rural hromada with the administration in the
selo of
Strilky.
See also
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Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast Lviv 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 seven. These are:
# Chervonohrad (Червоноградськи ...
References
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Former raions of Lviv Oblast
1944 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform