Lozova Raion

Lozova Raion (Ukrainian: Лозівський район) is a raion in Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Lozova. Current population: 147,361 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Lozova Raion Лозівський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°1′43.7232″N 36°20′8.5632″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Admin. center	Lozova
Subdivisions	5 hromadas
Area [1]
• Total	4,027.1 km2 (1,554.9 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	147,361
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	lozrada.kharkov.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 Lozova Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Blyzniuky and Pervomaiskyi Raions, as well as Lozova Municipality and the city of Pervomaiskyi, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance, were merged into Lozova Raion.^[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 27,331 (2020 est.).^[5]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 5 hromadas:^[4]

• Biliaivka rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Biliaivka, transferred from Pervomaiskyi Raion;^[6]
• Blyzniuky settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Blyzniuky, transferred from Blyzniuky Raion;^[7]
• Lozova urban hromada with the administration in the city of Lozova, retained from Lozova Raion and transferred from Lozova Municipality;
• Oleksiivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Oleksiivka, transferred from Pervomaiskyi Raion;^[6]
• Pervomaiskyi urban hromada, with the administration in the city of Pervomaiskyi, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Pervomaiskyi.^[8]

Before 2020

Lozova Raion in Kharkiv Oblast before 2020

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada, Lozova urban hromada with the administration in Lozova. The hromada also included Lozova Municipality.^[9]

References

1. https://decentralization.gov.ua/areas/0572/rayons
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. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
5. 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.
6. "Первомайська районна рада Харківської області (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
7. "Близнюківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
8. "Первомайская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
9. "Лозівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.