Polonne Raion

Polonne Raion (Ukrainian: Полонський район) was a raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Polonne. It was established in 1923. 1 city (Polonne), 1 urban-type settlement and 45 villages were located in Polonne Raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Polonne Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 42,649 (2020 est.)^[3]

Polonne Raion Полонський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°04′25″N 27°26′56″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Polonne
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 17 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 44 — villages   1 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Alexander M. Dekhtyaruk
Area
• Total	866 km2 (334 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	42,649
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	30500—30545
Area code	380-3843
Website	poladm.gov.ua

Geography

Saint Prince Alexander Nevskyi Nunnery in Cherniivka.

Polonne Raion was a part of Volhynia. It was one out 20 Raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. This was a small raion, it occupied 15th place among the districts of the region (866 km² corresponds to 4,2% of the total area of Khmelnytskyi Oblast).

Polonne Raion was east of Shepetivka Raion, north of Starokostiantyniv Raion, west and south-west of Zhytomyr Oblast (Liubar Raion, Romaniv Raion and Baranivka Raion). The Sluch, Homora, Derevychka, Smilka and other rivers flowed through the district. There was a rail line through the district (Shepetivka—Polonne—Berdychiv).

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:^[4]

• Polonne urban hromada with the administration in Polonne;
• Poninka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Poninka.

History

From 1923 to 1932 the district was part of Shepetivka region, then from 1932 to 1937 it was part of Vinnytsia Oblast. Following that from 1937 to 1954 it was part of Kamenets Podolsk region. Since 1954 it has been part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Finally Polonne Raion was formed December 8, 1966.^[5]

References

1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
3. 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.
4. "Полонська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
5. Адміністративно-територіяльний поділ Заславщини наприкінці XVIII – початку ХХІ ст. (in Ukrainian)

External links

• www.polonne.com (in Ukrainian)
• Хмельницька обласна рада. Passport Polonskyi Raion (doc) (in Ukrainian)
• Media related to Polonne Raion at Wikimedia Commons