Iziaslav Raion (Ukrainian: Ізяславський район) was a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Iziaslav. It was established in 1923. One city and ninety-one villages were located in Iziaslav 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 Iziaslav Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 41,972 (2020 est.)[3]
Iziaslav Raion
Ізяславський район | |
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| Coordinates: 50°06′11″N 26°43′25″E / 50.10306°N 26.72361°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| Established | 7 March 1923 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Iziaslav |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Mihail S. Borisyuk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,250 km2 (480 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 41,972 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 30300—30375 |
| Area code | 380-3852 |
| Website | izadm |
Geography edit
Iziaslav Raion was a part of Volhynia. It was one out 20 raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It was a large raion and ranked as the 2nd among the largest with respect to the total area (1,258 km2 corresponding to 6.1% of the total area of Khmelnytskyi Oblast).
Iziaslav Raion was southwest of Rivne Oblast (Ostroh Raion), northeast of Slavuta Raion, west of Shepetivka Raion, north of Krasyliv Raion, and northeast of Teofipol Raion and Bilohiria Raion. The Horyn, Vilia, Homora, Hnylyi Rig and other rivers flowed through the district. There were rail lines through the district (Shepetivka—Ternopil and Shepetivka—Starokostiantyniv).
Subdivisions edit
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[4]
- Iziaslav urban hromada with the administration in Iziaslav;
- Pluzhne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pluzhne;
- Sakhnivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sakhnivtsi.
History edit
From 1923 to 1932 the district was part of the Shepetivka region, then from 1932 to 1937 it was part of the Vinnytsia region. Following that from 1937 to 1954 it was part of the Kamenets Podolsk region. Since 1954 it has been part of the Khmelnytskyi region. Finally Iziaslav Raion was formed September 23, 1959.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ізяславська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Адміністративно-територіяльний поділ Заславщини наприкінці XVIII – початку ХХІ ст. (in Ukrainian)
External links edit
- ic.km.ua/~izrda (in Ukrainian)
Media related to Iziaslav Raion at Wikimedia Commons
