Kremenets Raion

Kremenets Raion (Ukrainian: Кременецький район) is a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center is the city of Kremenets. Population: 140,063 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Kremenets Raion Кременецький район
Raion
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Coordinates: 50.08°N 25.75°E / 50.08; 25.75
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Established	1939
Admin. center	Kremenets
Subdivisions	8 hromadas
Area
• Total	2,650.7 km2 (1,023.4 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	140,063
• Density	52.840/km2 (136.85/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	47000
Area code	380-3546
Website	rairada-kremenets.gov.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Kremenets Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Lanivtsi and Shumsk Raions, as well as a part of one more abolished raion, Zbarazh Raion, and the city of Kremenets, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kremenets Raion.^[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 45,884 (2020 est.).^[4]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8 hromadas:^[3]

• Borsuky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Borsuky, transferred from Lanivtsi Raion;^[5]
• Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kremenets, retained from Kremenets Raion and transferred from the city of oblast significance of Kremenets;
• Lanivtsi urban hromada with the administration in the city of Lanivtsi, transferred from Lanivtsi Raion;^[5]
• Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lopushne, retained from Kremenets Raion;
• Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Pochaiv, retained from Kremenets Raion;
• Shumsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Shumsk, transferred from Shumsk Raion;^[6]
• Velyki Dederkaly rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyki Dederkaly, transferred from Shumsk Raion;^[6]
• Vyshnivets settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Vyshnivets, transferred from Zbarazh Raion.^[7]

Before 2020

Kremenets Raion in Ternopil Oblast (1966-2020)

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:^[8]

• Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in Kremenets, also included the city of Kremenets;
• Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in Lopushne;
• Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in Pochaiv.

History

The area was known as the Kremenets Uyezd when it was part of the Russian Empire. It was part of Volhynian Governorate.^[9]