Kalush Raion Explained
| Kalush Raion |
| Native Name: | Калуський район |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Flag Alt: | Flag of Kalush Raion |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Kalush Raion |
| Image Map1: | Kalush Raion 2020.svg |
| Coordinates: | 49.0608°N 24.3875°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts: | 13 hromadas |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1939 |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Kalush |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name: | John Zhyvackivsky |
| Leader Title1: | Chairman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3550 |
| Population Total: | 279867 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +02:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +03:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal index |
| Postal Code: | 77300—77363 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 380-3472 |
| Official Name: | Kaluskyi raion |
Kalush Raion (uk|Калуський район|translit=Kalus'kyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province). The city of Kalush is the administrative center of the raion. Population:
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 the area of Kalush Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Dolyna and Rozhniativ Raions, as well as Bolekhiv Municipality and the city of Kalush, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kalush Raion.[2] [3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
The raion was formed on October 28, 1963. In 1972 part of the raion became incorporated into the Kalush municipality. The oldest settlements in the Raion are Stankiv (1158), Zaviy (13th century), Holyn' (1391), and Novytsia (14th century).
The leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Stepan Bandera, was born in Staryi Uhryniv in Kalush Raion, on January 1, 1909.
Nicholas Ilkov, Ivan Rubchak and the writer M. Kozonis were also born in Kalush Raion.
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 13 hromadas:
- Bolekhiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Bolekhiv, transferred from Bolekhiv Municipality;[4]
- Broshniv-Osada settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Broshniv-Osada, transferred from Rozhniativ Raion;[5]
- Dolyna urban hromada with the administration in the city of Dolyna, transferred from Dolyna Raion;[6]
- Duba rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Duba, transferred from Rozhniativ Raion;
- Kalush urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kalush, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Kalush;[7]
- Novytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novytsia, retained from Kalush Raion;
- Perehinske settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Perehinske, transferred from Rozhniativ Raion;
- Rozhniativ settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Rozhniativ, transferred from Rozhniativ Raion;
- Spas rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Spas, transferred from Rozhniativ Raion;
- Verkhnia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Verkhnia, retained from Kalush Raion;
- Voinyliv settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Voinyliv, retained from Kalush Raion;
- Vyhoda settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Vyhoda, transferred from Dolyna Raion;
- Vytvytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vytvytsia, transferred from Dolyna Raion.
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[8]
- Novytsia rural hromada with the administration in Novytsia;
- Verkhnia rural hromada with the administration in Verkhnia;
- Voinyliv settlement hromada with the administration in Voinyliv.
Notes and References
- Book: https://www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atlas_novogo_atu_2020.pdf . 2020 . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України . Ostapenko . Pavlo (Павло Остапенко) . 2nd . Київ . uk . uk:Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020.
- News: 2020-07-18 . uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ. . uk . http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 . 2020-10-03 . uk:Голос України.
- Web site: 2020-07-17 . uk:Нові райони: карти + склад . https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ . 2022-04-15 . uk . uk:Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- Web site: ru:Болеховская городская громада . https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/bolehivska/ . 2022-04-16 . Gromada.info . ru.
- Web site: ru:Рожнятівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . https://gromada.info/ru/region/Ивано-Франковская-область/Рожнятовский-район/ . 2022-04-16 . Gromada.info . ru.
- Web site: ru:Долинська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . https://gromada.info/ru/region/Ивано-Франковская-область/Долинский-район/ . 2022-04-16 . Gromada.info . ru.
- Web site: ru:Калужская городская громада . https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/kaluska/ . 2022-04-16 . Gromada.info . ru.
- Web site: ru:Калуська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . https://gromada.info/ru/region/Ивано-Франковская-область/Калушский-район/ . 2022-04-16 . Gromada.info . ru.
