Chuhuiv Raion

For the district in Primorsky Krai, Russia, see Chuguyevsky District.

Chuhuiv Raion (Ukrainian: Чугуївський район) is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chuhuiv. Population: 194,177 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Chuhuiv Raion Чугуївський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°46′59.5308″N 36°45′24.858″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Admin. center	Chuhuiv
Subdivisions	9 hromadas
Area [1]
• Total	4,804 km2 (1,855 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	194,177
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	chuguevrda.gov.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Chuhuiv Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Pechenihy, Vovchansk, and Zmiiv Raions, as well as the city of Chuhuiv, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Chuhuiv Raion.^[3][4][5] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 45,362 (2020 est.).^[6]

It contains the Pechenihy Reservoir on the Siverskyi Donets river.

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 9 hromadas:^[5]

• Chkalovske settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Chkalovske, retained from Chuhuiv Raion;
• Chuhuiv urban hromada, transferred from Chuhuiv Municipality;^[7]
• Malynivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Malynivka, retained from Chuhuiv Raion;
• Novopokrovka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Novopokrovka, retained from Chuhuiv Raion;
• Pechenihy settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Pechenihy, transferred from Pechenihy Raion;^[8]
• Slobozhanske settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Slobozhanske, transferred from Zmiiv Raion;^[9]
• Staryi Saltiv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Staryi Saltiv, transferred from Vovchansk Raion;^[10]
• Vovchansk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Vovchansk, transferred from Vovchansk Raion;^[10]
• Zmiiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Zmiiv, transferred from Zmiiv Raion.^[9]

Before 2020

Chuhuiv Raion in Kharkiv Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:^[11]

• Chkalovske settlement hromada with the administration in Chkalovske;
• Malynivka settlement hromada with the administration in Malynivka;
• Novopokrovka settlement hromada with the administration in Novopokrovka.

References

1. "Харківська область - Райони". decentralization.gov.ua. 2023-01-05. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
3. Where did 354 districts disappear to? Anatomy of loud reform, Glavcom (7 August 2020) (in Ukrainian)
4. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
5. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
6. 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
7. "Чугуевская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
8. "Печенізька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
9. "Зміївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
10. "Вовчанська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
11. "Чугуївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.