Drohobych Raion

Drohobych Raion (Ukrainian: Дрогобицький район, translit: Drohobyts’kyi raion) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Drohobych. Population: 235,405 (2021 est.)[1].

Drohobytskyi Raion
Дрогобицький район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°20′26″N 23°27′21″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLviv Oblast
EstablishedDecember 4, 1959
Admin. centerDrohobych
Subdivisions5 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorIvan Pavlovych
Area
 • Total1,206 km2 (466 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total235,405
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code380-244
Websiterajon.drohobych.com.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Drohobych Raion was significantly expanded. Boryslav and Drohobych municipalities, as well as the city of Truskavets, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance, were merged into Drohobych Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 51,152 (2020 est.)[4]

Subdivisions

Before 2020
Drohobych Raion in Lviv Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of one hromada,[5] Medenychi settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Medenychi.

After 2020

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 5 hromadas:[3]

  • Boryslav urban hromada with the administration in the city of Boryslav, transferred from Boryslav Municipality;[6]
  • Drohobych urban hromada with the administration in the city of Drohobych, transferred from Drohobych Municipality;[7]
  • Medenychi settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Medenychi, retained from Drohobych Raion;
  • Skhidnytsia settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Skhidnytsia, transferred from Boryslav Municipality;[8]
  • Truskavets urban hromada with the administration in the city of Truskavets, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Truskavets.[9]

Settlements

There are 74 villages in Drohobych Raion. [10] The villages (Ukrainian: selo) of Drohobych Raion include:

See also

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  5. "Дрогобицька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  6. "Бориславська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  7. "Дрогобицька територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  8. "Східницька територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  9. "Трускавецька територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  10. List of the viliges of the Drohobych Raion.
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