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Yaremche Municipality was an administrative subdivision of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Population: 23,186 (2020 est.)[1]. The municipality was created on December 30, 1977 out of the Nadvirna Raion. In 2006 the official name of it changed from Yaremcha to Yaremche. On December 14, 2006 the spelling of Yaremche officially has changed from Yaremcha. Most of the municipality is located within the Nadvirna Raion consisting of three non-adjacent territories (split by high mountains), one of which is bordering also Zakarpattia Oblast.
Yaremche Municipality
Яремчанська міська рада | |
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| Coordinates: 48°28′15″N 24°34′46″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Established | December 30, 1977 |
| Admin. center | Yaremche |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Vasyl Onutchak |
| Area | |
• Total | 657 km2 (254 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 23,186 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Area code | +380-3434 |
Administratively, until 2020, Yaremche was designated the city of oblast significance, and Yaremche Municipality was the territory subordinated to Yaremche City Council. On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was reduced to six, and Yaremche Municipality was abolished as an administrative subdivision and merged into Nadvirna Raion.[2][3] The last estimate of the municipality population was 622,012 (2020 est.)[1].
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 2007 | 21,765 | — |
| 2008 | 21,844 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 21,975 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 22,187 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 22,604 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 23,127 | +2.3% |
| Note: 2010 data is valid thru October Source: Regional Statistics Office | ||
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At the time of disestablishment, the municipality consisted of three hromadas:[4]
- Polianytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Polianytsia;
- Vorokhta settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Vorokhta;
- Yaremche urban hromada with the administration in the city of Yaremche.
- Urban municipalities
- Rural municipalities (communes)
- Mykulychyn
- Polyanytsya
- Tatariv
- Yablunytsya (Voronenko)
The Yaremche municipality is located on the northeastern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains. It possesses numerous ski resorts such as Bukovel, there are also several of them near Vorokhta as well.
The main body of water is Prut river.
Transportation
There is a railroad communication. The main railway terminal is located in Yaremche, however there is a rail station in Vorokhta as well. Through the municipality also run several automobile roads such as the national route H09 and the regional – P24 that starting at Tatariv and making some loop eventually heads to Ternopil Oblast. The closest airport is located in Ivano-Frankivsk.
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