Yavoriv Raion

Yavoriv Raion (Ukrainian: Яворівський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Yavoriv. It was established in 1939. Its estimated population is 179,219 (2021 est.)[1].

Yavoriv Raion
Яворівський район
Coordinates: 49°58′47″N 23°30′56″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLviv Oblast
Established1939
Admin. centerYavoriv
Subdivisions6 hromadas
Area
  Total1,548 km2 (598 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
  Total179,219
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
81000–81092
Area code380-3259
WebsiteYavorivskyi Raion

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Yavoriv Raion was significantly expanded. One abolished raion, Mostyska Raion, was merged into Yavoriv Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 126,115 (2020 est.)[4]

Subdivisions

Before 2020

Yavoriv Raion in Lviv Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas,[5]

  • Ivano-Frankove settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Ivano-Frankove;
  • Novoiavorivsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Novoiavorivsk;
  • Yavoriv urban hromada with the administration in Yavoriv.

After 2020

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 6 hromadas:[3]

  • Ivano-Frankove settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Ivano-Frankove, retained from Yavoriv Raion;
  • Mostyska urban hromada with the administration in the city of Mostyska, transferred from Mostyska Raion;[6]
  • Novoiavorivsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Novoiavorivsk, retained from Yavoriv Raion;
  • Shehyni rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Shehyni, transferred from Mostyska Raion;[6]
  • Sudova Vyshnia urban hromada with the administration in the city of Sudova Vyshnia, transferred from Mostyska Raion;[6]
  • Yavoriv urban hromada with the administration in Yavoriv, retained from Yavoriv Raion.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

2001 census results
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Ukrainians 121,600 98.6%
Russians 1,300 1.1%
Poles 100 0.1%
Total: 123,300

See also

References

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