Kelmentsi Raion

Kelmentsi Raion (Ukrainian: Кельменецький район) was an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border, part of the historical region of Bessarabia. The administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Kelmentsi. The region had an area of 670 square kilometres (260 sq mi). The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kelmentsi Raion was merged into Dnistrovskyi Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 39,157 (2020 est.)[3]

Kelmentsi Raion
Кельменецький район
Raion
Flag of Kelmentsi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Kelmentsi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°27′35″N 26°49′38″E
Country Ukraine
Region Chernivtsi Oblast
Established1960
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerKelmentsi
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 32 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total670 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total39,157
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
601xx
Area code380 3732

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas, Kelmentsi settlement hromada with the administration in Kelmentsi and Livyntsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Livyntsi.[4]

See also

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.
  4. "Кельменецька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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