Kolomyia Raion (Ukrainian: Коломи́йський райо́н, romanized: Kołomyjśkyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region). The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kolomyia. Population: 275,512 (2021 est.)[2].

Kolomyia Raion Коломийський район
Raion
Kolomyiskyi raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°35′10″N 24°59′32″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Established	1940
Admin. center	Kolomyia
Subdivisions	13 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Mykhailo Vintoniak
Area [1]
• Total	2,480 km2 (960 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	275,512
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	285800
Area code	380
Website	[?]

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 Kolomyia Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Horodenka and Sniatyn Raions, as well as the city of Kolomyia, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kolomyia Raion.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 96,573 (2020 est.)[5]

Subdivisions

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of eight hromadas:[6]

• Hvizdets settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Hvizdets;
• Korshiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Korshiv;
• Mateivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mateivtsi;
• Nyzhnii Verbizh rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Nyzhnii Verbizh;
• Otyniia settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Otyniia;
• Pechenizhyn settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Pechenizhyn;
• Piadyky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Piadyky;
• Pidhaichyky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pidhaichyky.

After 2020

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 13 hromadas:[4]

• Chernelytsia settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Chernelytsia, transferred from Horodenka Raion;[7]
• Horodenka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Horodenka, transferred from Horodenka Raion;[7]
• Hvizdets settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Hvizdets, retained from Kolomyia Raion;
• Kolomyia urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kolomyia, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Kolomyia;[8]
• Korshiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Korshiv, retained from Kolomyia Raion;
• Mateivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mateivtsi, retained from Kolomyia Raion;
• Nyzhnii Verbizh rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Nyzhnii Verbizh, retained from Kolomyia Raion;
• Otyniia settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Otyniia, retained from Kolomyia Raion;
• Pechenizhyn settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Pechenizhyn, retained from Kolomyia Raion;
• Piadyky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Piadyky, retained from Kolomyia Raion;
• Pidhaichyky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pidhaichyky, retained from Kolomyia Raion;
• Sniatyn urban hromada with the administration in the city of Sniatyn, transferred from Sniatyn Raion;[9]
• Zabolotiv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Zabolotiv, transferred from Sniatyn Raion.[9]

Settlements and villages

This article needs to be updated. (June 2021)

References

External links

• Verkhovna Rada website – Administrative divisions of Kolomyiskyi Raion (in Ukrainian)