Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion

Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Новгород-Сіверський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Novhorod-Siverskyi. Population: 62,141 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion Новгород-Сіверський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Chernihiv Oblast
Coordinates: 52°4′38″N 33°6′58″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernihiv Oblast
Admin. center	Novhorod-Siverskyi
Subdivisions	4 hromadas
Area
• Total	1,804 km2 (697 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	62,141
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Korop and Semenivka Raions, as well as the city of Novhorod-Siverskyi, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion.^[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 12,340 (2020 est.).^[4]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 4 hromadas:^[3]

• Korop settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Korop, transferred from Korop Raion;^[5]
• Novhorod-Siverskyi urban hromada with the administration in the city of Novhorod-Siverskyi, retained from Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion and Novhorod-Siverskyi Municipality.
• Ponornytsia settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Ponornytsia, transferred from Korop Raion;^[5]
• Semenivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Semenivka, transferred from Semenivka Raion.^[6]

Before 2020

Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion in Chernihiv Oblast before 2020

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi urban hromada with the administration in Novhorod-Siverskyi. The hromada also included Novhorod-Siverskyi Municipality.^[7]

References

1. 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.
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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
5. "Коропська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
6. "Семенівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
7. "Новгород-Северская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.