Popasna Raion

Popasna Raion (Ukrainian: Попаснянський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center was the town of Popasna. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 74,028(2013 est.)[3].

Popasnyanskyi Raion
Попаснянський район
Coordinates: 48°41′43″N 38°25′6″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1977
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerPopasna
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   7 — settlement councils
  • 3 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   7 — urban-type settlements
  • 17 — villages
  •   10 — rural settlements
Government
  GovernorStanislav Fironov
Area
  Total1,325 km2 (512 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total 74,028
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
93300—93354
Area code+380 6474
Websitehttp://pps.loga.gov.ua

During the War in Donbass the Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of the raion to the Luhansk People's Republic.[4][5]

On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the urban-type settlement of Chornukhyne was transferred to Popasna Raion from Perevalsk Raion, the urban-type settlement of Novotoshkivske from Kirovsk Municipality, and the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka from Pervomaisk Municipality.[6] The part of Popasna Raion under control of the Luhansk People's Republic were transferred to other administrative units as well.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 81.1%
  • Russians: 17.5%
  • Belarusians: 0.5%

References


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